Academy Awards, USA 1955
| Nominated Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role Jane Wyman |
Universal International Pictures
Directed by Douglas Sirk
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)
Playboy Rock Hudson has a speedboat accident which indirectly results in the death of a local doctor. Later, he causes another accident which results in the blindness of the doctor's wife. Despondent, he tries to overcome the guilt by writing large checks and turning to alcohol. Nothing works until a friend convinces him that anonymously helping others will change his life. He tries it and is immediately rewarded, so continues until he becomes "obsessed" with his new outlook. He falls in love with the widow, Jane Wyman, not revealing his identity until months later. He takes her to Europe in search of a cure which fails. She leaves him and disappears for years. In the intervening time he becomes a neurosurgeon, eventually using his skills to save her life and restore her sight. Ridiculous melodrama advancing a Christian agenda, with overbearing music and contrived plot.
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