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Watch: Magnificent Obsession 1954 123movies, Full Movie Online – When churlish, spoiled rich man Bob Merrick foolishly wrecks his speed boat, the rescue team resuscitates him with equipment that’s therefore unavailable to aid a local hero, Dr. Wayne Phillips, who dies as a result. Phillips had helped many people, and when Merrick learns Phillips’ secret, to give selflessly and in secret, he tries it in a ham-handed way. The result further alienates Phillips’ widow, Helen, with whom Merrick has fallen in love. Merrick’s persistence causes another tragedy, and he must remake his life, including going back to medical school, in an attempt to make amends and win her love..
Plot: When churlish, spoiled rich man Bob Merrick foolishly wrecks his speedboat, the rescue team resuscitates him with equipment therefore unavailable to aid a local hero, Dr. Wayne Phillips, who dies as a result. Phillips had helped many people, and when Merrick learns of the doctor’s way of life– That is, to selflessly give of himself and his finances, in secret– Bob attempts it in a ham-handed way. From then on, the lives of Helen Phillips and Bob Merrick intersect, first in tragedy, then in love.
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Ratings:

	7.0/10 Votes: 6,923
	88% | RottenTomatoes
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	N/A Votes: 89 Popularity: 6.165 | TMDB

Reviews:

Melodrama prototype.
Douglas Sirk is known as the melodrama man,but all his movies are not exactly what we call melodrama:”All that heaven allows” and”tarnished angels” are closer to realist stories;”A time to love and a time to die” transcends melodrama to become a tragedy.Three major movies seem to belong to the genre:”written on the wind” “imitation of life ” and of course this one.”Magnificent obsession ” has a plot so unlikely,so incredible that,in the hands of a lesser talent,it would have gathered nothing but horse -laugh:The beginning of the film is a succession of coincidences and combinations of circumstances so improbable you wonder whether Sirk will get away with it.Against all odds,he succeeds in this absurd task.Someone tells the hero that the one who devotes his life to others has chosen the rocky road,someone has been crucified for that.But once he has begun,this task will obsess him,and it’s a magnificent obsession.So the selfish hero will undo the harm he’s done . It’s a double feat:Hudson’s struggle is moving and Sirk ,who goes for broke,pulls off this extravaganza with panache.

A bit much, even for Sirk
I am a Douglas Sirk devotee and regard him as one of the screen’s more underrated directors. Having said that, I regard “Magnificent Obsession” as a bit much, even for Sirk. I like Sirk because, even though he is a master of soapers, he is more than that. His films contain social commentaries that are often biting, and they often contain good character studies. In this preachy film the social commentary is absent and the characters are one dimensional. But I can forgive all this because the acting is good–Wyman, Kruger, and Moorhead are excellent–and Sirk showed that Rock Hudson could act if properly directed. This was Hudson’s breakthrough film. But the music is almost too much to bear! I have never heard such wretchedly maudlin, and loud, movie music in my life. The heavenly choruses in the background are shameless. In spite of all this, however, it is all quite entertaining. 7/10

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 48 min (108 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Drama, Romance
Director Douglas Sirk
Writer Lloyd C. Douglas, Robert Blees, Wells Root
Actors Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 1 nomination total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Aspect Ratio 2.00 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory Technicolor (color by)
Film Length 2,980 m (1954) (Finland)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process SuperScope (uncredited), Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm