Magnificent Obsession is a 1954 American melodrama film directed by Douglas Sirk starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson.

[2] In 1948, spoiled playboy Bob Merrick behaves recklessly and loses control of his speedboat, crashing it and becoming injured.

Edward Randolph, a famous artist and Dr. Phillips's close friend, explains to Helen what that phrase means.

He runs from the clinic, collapses in front of Helen's car, and ends up back at the hospital, where she learns his connection to her husband's death.

He runs off the road and ends up at the home of Edward Randolph, who explains the secret belief that powered his own art and Dr. Phillips's success.

Soon after this, Robby shows up at her hotel to provide emotional support and discovers that Helen has already guessed his real identity.

Many years pass, and Merrick is now a dedicated and successful brain surgeon who secretly continues his philanthropic acts and searches for Helen.

Hudson had previously played leading parts in Universal B-movies, usually directed by Joseph Pevney or Frederick De Cordova.

Sirk and Wyman were ill, and Rock Hudson injured, so filming of Magnificent Obsession was delayed longer than Bickford had anticipated.

While second-unit footage wrapped at Lake Tahoe, screen tests of Barbara Rush, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead, Jane Wyman, Gigi Perreau, Donna Corcoran, and Sheila James took place on Stage 8 in Universal City on September 16 and 17.

[9] Frank Skinner composed the score for this film, the theme of which inspired a song of the same title with lyrics by Frederick Herbert.

Victor Young also recorded an instrumental version of the song which featured a viola solo by Anatole Kaminsky.

3 "Tristesse"), Beethoven ("Ode to Joy" theme from 9th Symphony), and Johann Strauss II (Wiener Blut).