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Reckless playboy Bob Merrick (Rock Hudson, in his breakthrough role) crashes his speedboat, requiring emergency attention from the town’s only resuscitator—at the very moment that a beloved local doctor has a heart attack and dies waiting for the lifesaving device. Thus begins one of Douglas Sirk’s most flamboyant master classes in melodrama, a delirious Technicolor mix of the sudsy and the spiritual in which Bob and the doctor’s widow, Helen (Jane Wyman), find themselves inextricably linked amid a series of increasingly wild twists, turns, trials, and tribulations.
Original Release
07/23/1954
US Release
07/23/1954
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Jane Wyman | Helen Phillips |
Rock Hudson | Bob Merrick |
Agnes Moorehead | Nancy Ashford |
Otto Kruger | Randolph / Edward Randolph |
Barbara Rush | Joyce Phillips |
Gregg Palmer | Tom Masterson |
Paul Cavanagh | Dr. Giraud / Dr. Henry Giraud |
Sara Shane | Valerie / Valerie Daniels |
Richard H. Cutting | Dr. Dodge / Dr. Derwin Dodge |
Judy Nugent | Judy |
Directors
Writers
Lloyd C. Douglas, Robert Blees, Wells Root, Sarah Y. Mason, Victor Heerman, Finley Peter Dunne
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jane Wyman | Helen Phillips |
Rock Hudson | Bob Merrick |
Agnes Moorehead | Nancy Ashford |
Otto Kruger | Randolph / Edward Randolph |
Barbara Rush | Joyce Phillips |
Gregg Palmer | Tom Masterson |
Paul Cavanagh | Dr. Giraud / Dr. Henry Giraud |
Sara Shane | Valerie / Valerie Daniels |
Richard H. Cutting | Dr. Dodge / Dr. Derwin Dodge |
Judy Nugent | Judy |
Helen Kleeb | Mrs. Eden |
Rudolph Anders | Dr. Fuss / Dr. Albert Fuss |
Fred Nurney | Dr. Laradetti |
John Mylong | Dr. Hofer |
Alexander Campbell | Dr. Allan |
Mae Clarke | Mrs. Miller |
Harvey Grant | Chris |
Joseph Mell | Dan |
Gail Bonney | Phyllis |
George Brand | Doctor |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Ross Hunter | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1955 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |