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Reckless playboy Bob Merrick crashes his speedboat, requiring emergency attention from a rescue team. They have to use the town's only resuscitator. At that same moment the beloved, local doctor has a heart attack and dies while waiting for the life-saving device. When Bob learns about the doct...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Magnificent obsession (Motion picture : 1954)
Corporate Authors: Universal-International (Firm), Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Hunter, Ross (Producer), Sirk, Douglas, 1897-1987 (Director), Blees, Robert (Screenwriter), Root, Wells, Anders, Rudolph, 1895-1987, Kleeb, Helen, 1907-2003, Mason, Sarah Y., 1896-1980 (Screenwriter), Heerman, Victor, 1893-1977 (Screenwriter), Wyman, Jane, 1917-2007 (Actor), Hudson, Rock, 1925-1985 (Actor), Rush, Barbara, 1927- (Actor), Moorehead, Agnes, 1900-1974 (Actor), Kruger, Otto, 1885-1974 (Actor), Palmer, Gregg, 1927-2015 (Actor), Shane, Sara, 1928- (Actor), Cavanagh, Paul, 1895-1964 (Actor), Nugent, Judy (Actor), Doherty, Thomas Patrick (Commentator), Schmidt, Eckhart, 1938-, O'Brien, Geoffrey, 1948-, Douglas, Lloyd C. (Lloyd Cassel), 1877-1951
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2008]
Edition:Special ed.
Series:Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 457.
Subjects:
Men > Conduct of life > Drama.
Lifesaving > Equipment and supplies > Drama.
Widows > United States > Drama.
Persistence > Drama.
Action and adventure films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Fiction films.
Table of Contents:
  • Disc 1. Restored high-definition digital transfer ; Audio commentary ; Video interviews ; Theatrical trailer
  • Disc 2. New digital transfer of Stahl's earlier version of the film ; From UFA to Hollywood: Douglas Sirk remembers, a documentary / Scmidt, Eckhart.