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A Balasaur Score of 75 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 83%. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
165 audience votes
Key crew
- Edmund GouldingDirector
- Max SteinerOriginal Music Composer
- Casey RobinsonScreenplay
Cast
- Bette DavisJudith Traherne
- George BrentDr. Frederick Steele
- Humphrey BogartMichael O'Leary
- Geraldine FitzgeraldAnn King
- Ronald ReaganAlec
- Henry TraversDr. Parsons
- Cora WitherspoonCarrie
- Dorothy PetersonMiss Wainwright
- Virginia BrissacMartha
- Charles RichmanColonel Mantle
- Herbert RawlinsonDr. Carter
- Leonard MudieDr. Driscoll
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Themes
horseback ridingbrain tumorfemale friendshipbased on play or musicallong island, new yorksocialitedoctor patient relationshipblindnessbrain surgerydepressingcompassionatehopeful