Dark Victory

Dark Victory

104 mins | Drama, Romance | April 20, 1939

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.

Dark Victory

104 mins | Drama, Romance | April 20, 1939

Dark Victory
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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures, First National Pictures
Original title Dark Victory
Directors Frank Heath, Edmund Goulding
Writers Bertram Bloch, George Emerson Brewer Jr., Casey Robinson

Cast

Bette Davis

as Judith Traherne

George Brent

as Dr. Frederick Steele

Humphrey Bogart

as Michael O'Leary

Geraldine Fitzgerald

as Ann King

Ronald Reagan

as Alec

Henry Travers

as Dr. Parsons

Cora Witherspoon

as Carrie

Dorothy Peterson

as Miss Wainwright

Virginia Brissac

as Martha

Charles Richman

as Colonel Mantle

Herbert Rawlinson

as Dr. Carter

Leonard Mudie

as Dr. Driscoll

Fay Helm

as Miss Dodd

Lottie Williams

as Lucy

Marian Alden

as Judith's Friend (uncredited)

Wilda Bennett

as Judith's Friend (uncredited)

Diane Bernard

as Lucy (uncredited)

Black Ace

as Judith's Horse (uncredited)

Richard Bond

as Judith's Friend (uncredited)

Sidney Bracey

as Bartender (uncredited)

Nat Carr

as Doctor (uncredited)

Glen Cavender

as Headwaiter (uncredited)

Mary Currier

as Nightclub Singer (uncredited)

Frank Darien

as Anxious Man (uncredited)

Edgar Edwards

as Trainer (uncredited)

Paulette Evans

as Judith's Friend (uncredited)

Jack A. Goodrich

as Doctor (uncredited)

Eddie Graham

as Doctor (uncredited)

John Harron

as George, the Man Taking Judith's Coat (uncredited)

Leyland Hodgson

as Judith's Friend (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes

as Doctor (uncredited)

Alexander Leftwich

as Specialist #2 (uncredited)

Frank Mayo

as Judith's Friend (uncredited)

Will Morgan

as Doctor (uncredited)

Jack Mower

as Veterinarian (uncredited)

David Newell

as Judith's Friend (uncredited)

Wedgwood Nowell

as Doctor (uncredited)

Ila Rhodes

as Secretary (uncredited)

John Ridgely

as Man Making Crack About Judith (uncredited)

Speirs Ruskell

as Dr. Steele's Assistant Henry Curtiss (uncredited)

Cliff Saum

as Moving Man (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

as Doctor (uncredited)

Amzie Strickland

as Judith's Friend (uncredited)

Rosella Towne

as Girl in Box (uncredited)

William Worthington

as Specialist #1 (uncredited)

Maris Wrixon

as Judith's Friend (uncredited)