Bright Victory [Blu-ray]

Director: Mark Robson Mark Robson

Overview

Arthur Kennedy stars as a blinded war veteran struggling to adjust to his affliction in peacetime. He must overcome his pugnacious attitude towards any problem he can't think his way out of--and he must learn to temper his inbred racial prejudices. Peggy Dow plays the woman who loves Kennedy enough to be cruel to him during his bouts of self-pity. Refusing to lapse into sentimentality, Bright Victory, based on the novel by Bayard Kendrick, is one of the best of the "against all odds" films of the 1950s. Arthur Kennedy's performance won him the New York Critics' Circle award, but not the Oscar he so richly deserved. Trivia note: new Universal contractee Rock Hudson receives 18th billing for his bit role as a soldier in this film.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/13/2022
UPC:	0738329260194
Original Release:	1951
Rating:	NR
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Language:	English
Time:	1:37:00
Sales rank:	24,585

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Arthur Kennedy	Larry Nevins
Peggy Dow	Judy Greene
James Edwards	Joe Morgan
Julia Adams	Chris Paterson
Will Geer	Mr. Nevins
Minor Watson	Mr. Paterson
Jim Backus	Bill Grayson
Joan Banks	Janet Grayson
Nana Bryant	Mrs. Nevins
Marjorie Crossland	Mrs. Paterson
Richard Egan	Sgt. John Masterson
Russell Dennis	Pvt. Fred Tyler
Rock Hudson	Cpl. John Flagg,Corporal John Flagg
Murray Hamilton	Pete Hamilton,Black Soldier
Donald Miele	Moose Garvey
Larry Keating	Jess Coe
Hugh Reilly	Capt. Phelan
Mary Cooper	Nurse Bailey,Nurse Bailey
Ken Harvey	Scanlon
Philip Faversham	Lt. Atkins
Robert F. Simon	Psychiatrist
Jerry Paris	Reynolds
Ruth Esherick	Nurse
Robert Anderson	MP
June Whitley	Nurse at Oran
Sydney Mason	Dr.Bannerman
Richard Karlan	Bartender
William 'Billy' Newell	Bartender
Virginia Mullen	Mrs. Coe
Glen Gordon	Lt.Conklin
Alice Richey	Woman
Sara Taft	Woman
Thaddeus Jones	Pullman Porter
John M. Robinson	Medical Orderly
Robert Simon	Psychiatrist
Russell Bennis	Pvt. Fred Taylor
Billy Newell	Bartender
Frank Skinner	Composer

Technical Credits

Robert Buckner

Mark Robson	Director
Robert Buckner	Producer,Screenwriter