Magnificent Obsession (1954 film)
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| Directed by | Douglas Sirk |
| Written by | Robert Blees |
| Starring | Jane Wyman Rock Hudson Barbara Rush Agnes Moorehead Otto Kruger |
| Release date(s) | August 4, 1954 |
| Running time | 108 min. |
| Language | English |
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Magnificent Obsession is a 1954 romantic melodrama film made by Universal International Pictures. It was directed by Douglas Sirk and produced by Ross Hunter from a screenplay adapted by Robert Blees, Finley Peter Dunne, Jr. (uncredited) and Wells Root, based on the book Magnificent Obsession by Lloyd C. Douglas. The original music was by Frank Skinner and the cinematography by Russell Metty.
The film stars Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead, Otto Kruger and Barbara Rush. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress (Jane Wyman). Sirk sometimes claimed that the story was based distantly on the Greek legend of Alcestis.
The book was previously filmed in 1935, also by Universal, as Magnificent Obsession with Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor.
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