As such, it is particularly important to his oeuvre . It is a sensitive treatment of faith told in terms of moving, human drama which packs emotional impact.
Characters become alive and vital and infuse spiritual theme with a rare sort of beauty.
Hudson is the rich playboy responsible for Wyman's blindness who renounces hgis past existence to devote himself to study and work, hoping as a surgeon to cure her. Film takes its title from the 'magnificent obsession' which possessed a doctor for whose death Hudson is indirectly responsible. Wyman was nominated for an Oscar for her work.