Dark Victory
“I've crammed every minute so full of waste. And now there's so little time. I don't know what to do. I'm afraid!”
1939 · 1 h 44 min
Edmund GouldingCast
Bette Davis 
George Brent 
Humphrey Bogart 
Geraldine Fitzgerald 
Ronald Reagan 
Henry Travers
Credits
Written by: 
Casey Robinson
Plot
A wealthy socialite learns she has a brain tumour and finds love and purpose in her last months.
Sinekatalog’s take
Edmund Goulding's melodrama is a classic tearjerker, driven by Bette Davis's superb performance.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.4 / 10 (13,629 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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