Magnificent Obsession (1954 film)
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This article is about the 1954 film starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson. For the 1935 film starring Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor, see Magnificent Obsession (1935 film). For the novel by Lloyd Douglas on which they are based, see Magnificent Obsession.
Magnificent Obsession is a 1954 American romantic drama film directed by Douglas Sirk starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson. It is a remake of the 1935 film by the same name, starring Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor. Both are based on the 1929 novel Magnificent Obsession by Lloyd C. Douglas.
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Magnificent Obsession | |
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Directed by | Douglas Sirk |
Written by | Robert Blees |
Screenplay by | Wells Root Sarah Y. Mason Victor Heerman Finley Peter Dunne |
Based on | Magnificent Obsession 1929 novel by Lloyd C. Douglas |
Produced by | Ross Hunter |
Starring | Jane Wyman Rock Hudson Barbara Rush Agnes Moorehead Otto Kruger |
Cinematography | Russell Metty |
Edited by | Milton Carruth |
Music by | Frank Skinner |
Color process | Technicolor |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $5.2 million (est. US/ Canada rentals)[1] |
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Sirk sometimes claimed that the story was based distantly on the Greek legend of Alcestis.