Dark Victory
I've crammed every minute so full of waste. And now there's so little time. I don't know what to do. I'm afraid!
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4/20/1939Runtime
104 minsOverview
Socialite Judith Traherne lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her few joys, and her stable master is secretly in love with her. Told she has a brain tumor by her doctor, Frederick Steele, Judith becomes distraught. After she decides to have surgery to remove the tumor, Judith realizes she is in love with Dr. Steele, but more troubling medical news may sabotage her new relationship, and her second chance at life.
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A woman facing her mortality discovers meaning in connection just as time runs out. It's a film about grasping for grace in the face of inexorable loss, shaped by Bette Davis's unflinching emotional performance.
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Bette Davis
Judith Traherne
George Brent
Dr. Frederick Steele
Humphrey Bogart
Michael O'Leary
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Ann King
Ronald Reagan
Alec
Henry Travers
Dr. Parsons
Cora Witherspoon
Carrie
Dorothy Peterson
Miss Wainwright
Virginia Brissac
Martha
Charles Richman
Colonel Mantle
Herbert Rawlinson
Dr. Carter
Leonard Mudie
Dr. Driscoll
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