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Dark Victory

Dark Victory

7.0/ 10

TMDB Rating

157

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1939

Release Year

104 min

Runtime

Drama
Romance

Overview

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.

Keywords

horseback riding
brain tumor
female friendship
based on play or musical
long island, new york
socialite
doctor patient relationship
blindness
brain surgery
depressing
compassionate
hopeful

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7.0avg rating
CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

March 22, 2024

7
7/10

Bette Davis always did know how to play the spoilt little rich girl character well, and my but she does it with aplomb here. She is "Judy", a young woman full of a privileged joie-de-vivre who starts to suffer from headaches and dizzy spells. Her family doctor recommends the specialist "Dr. Steele"

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