Magnificent Obsession (1954)
Genres: Drama, Romance
Cast: Rock Hudson, Jane Wyman, Agnes Moorehead, Otto Kruger, Barbara Rush
Magnificent Obsession is a 1954 American romantic drama film directed by Douglas Sirk starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson. The screenplay was written by Robert Blees and Wells Root, after the 1929 book Magnificent Obsession by Lloyd C. Douglas. The film was produced by Ross Hunter. Sirk sometimes claimed that the story was based distantly on the Greek legend of Alcestis.