Bright Victory (1951)
- Starring:
- Arthur Kennedy, Peggy Dow, (more)
- Director(s):
- Mark Robson
Synopsis of Bright Victory
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. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Bright Victory
- Arthur Kennedy - Larry Nevins
- Julie Adams - Chris Paterson
- James Edwards - Joe Morgan
- Richard Egan - Sgt. John Masterson
- Minor Watson - Mr. Paterson
- Marjorie Crossland - Mrs. Paterson
- Murray Hamilton - Pete Hamilton
- Hugh Reilly - Capt. Phelan
- Ken Harvey - Scanlon
- Virginia Mullen - Mrs. Coe
- Richard Karlan - Bartender
- Thaddeus Jones - Pullman Porter
- Billy Newell - Bartender
- Marilyn Cooper - Nurse Bailey
- Sara Taft - Woman
- Philip Faversham - Lt. Atkins
- Peggy Dow - Judy Greene
- John Hudson - Corporal John Flagg
- Nana Bryant - Mrs. Nevins
- Jim Backus - Bill Grayson
- Joan Banks - Janet Grayson
- Donald Miele - Moose Garvey
- Larry Keating - Jess Coe
- Rock Hudson - Dudek
- Robert Simon - Psychiatrist
- Robert Anderson - MP
- Sydney Mason - Dr. Bannerman
- Will Geer - Mr. Nevins
- Jerry Paris - Reynolds
- Bernie Hamilton - Black Soldier
- June Whitley - Nurse at Oran
- Russell Bennis - Pvt. Fred Taylor
- Director(s):
- Mark Robson
- Writer(s):
- Robert Buckner
- Producer(s):
- Robert Buckner
- 1951 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Screenplay
- 1951 - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Actor
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