Directed by:
John CromwellCinematography:
Henry W. GerrardComposer:
Max SteinerCast:
Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Frances Dee, Kay Johnson, Reginald Denny, Alan Hale, Reginald Owen, Kenner G. Kemp, Frank Mills, Charles Coleman, Tempe Pigott (more)VOD (1)
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One of the most critically acclaimed dramas of its period, Somerset Maugham's Of Human Bondage is the psychological drama about clubfooted, sensitive med student Philip Carey (Leslie Howard), who is tormented by his obsession with floozy waitress Mildred Rogers (Bette Davis). From here Mildred unleashes a hateful torrent of cruel behavior upon Philip as she ditches him for a salesman but comes crawling back pregnant and abandoned. Philip rents an apartment for her and asks her to marry him. Though they are engaged, she leaves him once again - this time for a fellow med student. Once again, Mildred returns to Philip's open arms - baby and all. But when she destroys his apartment and burns his tuition money, it is the final straw. Philip disentangles himself from Mildred and makes a new life for himself. He has his condition surgically corrected and finds love in the form of sweet Sally Athelny (Frances Dee). But when Philip returns to finish medical training, he learns a shocking truth: Mildred is dying. (Echo Bridge Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Leslie Howard
UK
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Pygmalion (1938)
The Petrified Forest (1936)
Bette Davis
USA
Best movies:
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
All About Eve (1950)
The Little Foxes (1941)
Frances Dee
USA
Best movies:
If I Were King (1938)
Come and Get It (1936)
Little Women (1933)
Kay Johnson
USA
Best movies:
The Call of the Wild (1935)
American Madness (1932)
Of Human Bondage (1934)
Reginald Denny
UK
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Rebecca (1940)
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Alan Hale
USA
Best movies:
It Happened One Night (1934)
Robin Hood (1922)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Reginald Owen
UK
Best movies:
Madame Curie (1943)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Random Harvest (1942)
Kenner G. Kemp
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
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Frank Mills
USA
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The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
Limelight (1952)
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Charles Coleman
Australia
Best movies:
Captains Courageous (1937)
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Love Is News (1937)
Tempe Pigott
UK
Best movies:
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Greed (1924)
Desmond Roberts
UK
Best movies:
Murder Ahoy (1964)
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Harry Allen
Australia
Best movies:
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Holiday (1938)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
Reginald Sheffield
UK
Best movies:
Random Harvest (1942)
To Each His Own (1946)
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Adrian Rosley
Romania
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Roberta (1935)
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