Magnificent Obsession (1954 film)

This article is about the 1954 film starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson. For the 1935 film starring Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor, see Magnificent Obsession (1935 film). For the novel by Lloyd Douglas on which they are based, see Magnificent Obsession.
Magnificent Obsession
Film poster by Reynold Brown
Directed byDouglas Sirk
Written byRobert Blees
Screenplay byWells Root
Sarah Y. Mason
Victor Heerman
Finley Peter Dunne
Based onMagnificent Obsession
1929 novel
by Lloyd C. Douglas
Produced byRoss Hunter
StarringJane Wyman
Rock Hudson
Barbara Rush
Agnes Moorehead
Otto Kruger
CinematographyRussell Metty
Edited byMilton Carruth
Music byFrank Skinner
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • August 2, 1954 (1954-08-02) (U.S.)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$5.2 million (est. US/ Canada rentals)[1]

Magnificent Obsession is a 1954 American romantic drama 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.[2]

  1. ^ "All Time Domestic Champs", Variety, 6 January 1960 p 34
  2. ^ Cristalli, Paola. "The Magnificent Obsession". Il Cinema Ritrovato. Archived from the original on September 29, 2022. Retrieved July 8, 2024.