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Dark Victory

on BBC Two England

Drama starring
Bette Davis Long Island heiress Judith Traherne has a jet-setting lifestyle centred on herthoroughbred horses. Plagued by headaches, she is persuaded to visit eminent brain specialist Dr Frederick Steele , who advises that only an immediate operation can save her.
Director Edmund Goulding (1939)
8/W * FILM REVIEWS pages 45-50

Contributors

Unknown:
Bette Davis
Unknown:
Judith Traherne
Unknown:
Dr Frederick Steele
Director:
Edmund Goulding
Judith Traheme:
Bette Davis
Dr Frederick Steele:
George Brent
Michael O'Leary:
Humphrey Bogart
Ann King:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Alec Hamin:
Ronald Reagan
Dr Parsons:
Henry Travers
Carrie Spottswood:
Cora Witherspoon
Martha:
Virginia Brissac
Miss Wainwright:
Dorothy Peterson
Colonel Mantle:
Charles Richman
Dr Carter:
Herbert Rawunson
Dr Driscoll:
Leonard Mudie
Miss Dodd:
Fay Helm
Agatha:
Diane Bernard

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