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Cast: Alexander Leftwich, Bette Davis, Charles Richman, Cliff Saum, Cora Witherspoon, David Newell, Dorothy Peterson, Eddie Graham, Edgar Edwards, Fay Helm, Frank Darien, Frank Mayo, George Brent, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Glen Cavender, Henry Travers, Herbert Rawl
Category: English Movies
Release: 20 April 1939
Genres: Drama, Romance
IMDB: IMDB
Added: March 4, 2011
Description:
Dark Victory: Judith Traherne is at the height of young society when Dr. Frederick Steele diagnoses a brain tumor. After surgery she falls in love with Steele. The doctor tells her secretary that the tumor will come back and eventually kill her. Learning this, Judith becomes manic and depressive. Her horse trainer Michael, who loves her, tells her to get as much out of life as she can. She marries Steele who intends to find a cure for her illness. As he goes off to a conference in New York failing eyesight indicates to Judith that she is dying.