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Dark Victory
1939
Moving story of a young heiress who attempts to live life to the full when she finds out she is dying from a brain tumour. Based on the play written by George Emerson Brewer Jr and Bertram Bloch. Read more
| Starring | Bette Davis, Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart |
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| Director | Edmund Goulding |
| Genres | Drama |
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Dark Victory
Moving story of a young heiress who attempts to live life to the full when she finds out she is dying from a brain tumour. Based on the play written by George Emerson Brewer Jr and Bertram Bloch.
| Starring | Bette Davis, Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ronald Reagan |
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| Director | Edmund Goulding |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 20 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 31 Oct 2005 Production year: 1939 |
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Drastically edited down from an original 150 minute version, this TV-movie remake still can't compare to the classy 1939 Bette Davis/George Brent version. Elizabeth Montgomery stars as a cancer-stricken TV producer with no time for a personal life, who falls for the doctor who discovers the seriousness of her condition. While competent, she's not in Davis's class and director Robert Butler's funereal pacing doesn't help matters. Anthony Hopkins surpasses the efforts of Brent, playing the solicitous doctor, but it's hardly a stretch for him.
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Davis has a field day as the petulant Long Island heiress who wields her riding-crop to humble the Irish chauffeur... read more on Time Out
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
nice but sad
Altho i enjoyed the film i liked bette davies better in othere film
This film was enjoyable but a bit sad and over acted i think
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Davis dividend pays off
Bette Davis was such a star by this point that she could get a film like this made, which is basically: if someone has six months to live, should you tell her... more
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Dark Victory
Moving story of a young heiress who attempts to live life to the full when she finds out she is dying from a brain tumour. Based on the play written by George Emerson Brewer Jr and Bertram Bloch....
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