Magnificent Obsession (1954 film)
| Magnificent Obsession | |
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| Directed by | Douglas Sirk |
| Screenplay by | Robert Blees Wells Root (adaptation) Finley Peter Dunne (uncredited) |
| Based on | Magnificent Obsession 1929 novel by Lloyd C. Douglas and the screenplay by Sarah Y. Mason and Victor Heerman |
| 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) |
Magnificent Obsession is a 1954 American melodrama 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.
Sirk sometimes claimed that the story was based distantly on the Greek legend of Alcestis.