

Magnificent Obsession
This was the moment unashamed... when this man and this woman felt the first ecstasy of their Magnificent Obsession
Reckless playboy Bob Merrick crashes his speedboat, requiring emergency attention from the town’s only resuscitator while a local hero, Dr. Phillips, dies waiting for the life-saving device. Merrick then tries to right his wrongs with the doctor’s widow, Helen, falling in love with her in the process.
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- Language
- German
- regret
- redemption
- blindness
- rich man
- melodrama
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United StatesUS
- PremiereNRCleveland, Ohio15 Jul 1954
- PremiereNRNew York City, New York4 Aug 1954
- TheatricalNR7 Aug 1954
BelgiumBE
- TheatricalAL7 Aug 1954
BrazilBR
- TV12Universal mj.gov.br6 Jul 2000
FranceFR
- TheatricalU1 Oct 1954
GermanyDE
- PremiereBerlin Film Festival19 Jun 1954
- Theatrical1228 Oct 1954
ItalyIT
- Theatrical30 Dec 1954
NetherlandsNL
- TheatricalAL11 Feb 1955
- TVALNet 530 Aug 2003
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Magnificent Obsession was released on 7 August 1954.
Audience reviews
2- J7/10
John Chard
11/25/2019
Doc Rock and the playboy redemption. Magnificent Obsession is adapted from a novel by Lloyd C Douglas, and it had been previously filmed back in 1935 with Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor in the leads. Here the piece is directed by melodrama maestro Douglas Sirk and features Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson as the emotionally charged leads. The story revolves around Bob Merrick (Hudson), a playboy who is inadvertently res…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
3/12/2026
I felt a bit sorry for poor old “Bob” (Rock Hudson) in this. Sure, he’s an obnoxious and selfish playboy but when he gets involved in an accident that requires the resuscitator he awakens to quite a lot of disdain from those in the hospital. Why? Well it seems that at the same time, a local surgeon got into difficulties of his own and as the machine was busy elsewhere, well he perished. “Bob” is fairly upset by this …
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