Reckless playboy Bob Merrick crashes his speedboat, requiring emergency attention from the town’s only resuscitator while a local hero, Dr. Phillips, dies waiting for the life-saving device. Merrick then tries to right his wrongs with the doctor’s widow, Helen, falling in love with her in the process.
Jane Wyman
as Helen Phillips
Rock Hudson
as Bob Merrick
Barbara Rush
as Joyce Phillips
Agnes Moorehead
as Nancy Ashford
Otto Kruger
as Edward Randolph
Gregg Palmer
as Tom Masterson
Paul Cavanagh
as Dr. Henry Giraud
Sara Shane
as Valerie Daniels
Richard H. Cutting
as Dr. Derwin Dodge
Judy Nugent
as Judy
John Chard
Doc Rock and the playboy redemption. Magnificent Obsession is adapted from a novel by Lloyd C Douglas, and it had been previously filmed back in 1935 with Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor in the leads. Here the piece is directed by melodrama maestro Douglas Sirk and features Jane Wyman and Rock Hud...