Of Human Bondage
The Love That Lifted a Man to Paradise......and Hurled Him Back to Earth Again
DramaRomancebabywaitressself-destructionone-sided loveunrequited loveinheritancedoctordestructionpre-codetuberculosismedical schoolunwed mother
A bleak, intimate portrait of obsessive, one-sided love that destroys both parties through mutual cruelty and self-deception.
A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.
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Leslie Howard
Philip Carey
Bette Davis
Mildred Rogers
Frances Dee
Sally Athelny
Kay Johnson
Norah
Reginald Denny
Harry Griffiths
Alan Hale
Emil Miller
Reginald Sheffield
Cyril Dunsford
Reginald Owen
Thorpe Athelny
Desmond Roberts
Dr. Jacobs
Harry Allen
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Ray Atchley
J. Murphy (uncredited)
Frank Baker
Policeman Removing Mildred (uncredited)
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