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Bette Davis shows her superb range as a dramatic actress in the role of a society beauty who discovers love and life anew when she is diagnosed with a life-threatening brain tumour. Humphrey Bogart co-stars, and Ronald Reagan appears down the cast list.

Keywords:

Drama, Romance, Based-on-Play, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, Oscar Best Picture Nominated, Oscar Best Actress Nominee

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1939) (3 Star)

Cast:

Bette Davis	.... Judith Traherne
George Brent	.... Dr. Frederick Steele
Humphrey Bogart	.... Michael O'Leary
Geraldine Fitzgerald	.... Ann King
Ronald Reagan	.... Alec Hamm
Henry Travers	.... Dr. Parsons

Supporting Cast:

Cora Witherspoon	.... Carrie
Dorothy Peterson	.... Miss Wainwright
Virginia Brissac	.... Martha housekeeper
Charles Richman	.... Col. Mantle
Herbert Rawlinson	.... Dr. Carter
Leonard Mudie	.... Dr. Driscoll
Fay Helm	.... Miss Dodd
Lottie Williams	.... Lucy

Directors:

Edmund Goulding

Writers:

George Emerson Brewer Jr.
Bertram Bloch