A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.

Leslie Howard
as Philip Carey

Bette Davis
as Mildred Rogers

Frances Dee
as Sally Athelny

Kay Johnson
as Norah

Reginald Denny
as Harry Griffiths

Alan Hale
as Emil Miller

Reginald Sheffield
as Cyril Dunsford

Reginald Owen
as Thorpe Athelny

Desmond Roberts
as Dr. Jacobs

Harry Allen
as Cabbie at End (uncredited)
CinemaSerf
I can tell when I am engaged with a film if I want to get off the chair and strangle one of the cast... Well Leslie Howard engenders exactly that feeling as he plays the hapless, lovestruck "Philip" who has fallen in love with the nasty, scheming "Mildred" - Bette Davis (with a rather dodgy English ...
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Early on in Of Human Bondage Philip Carey (Leslie Howard) is told “You will never be anything but mediocre.” Soon after, Mildred Rogers is described as “anemic … ill-natured and contemptible.” Neither will ever do anything to disprove these assessments. Carey especially will never be able to overcom...