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Of Human Bondage (1964)

Of Human Bondage poster
Directed by
Ken Hughes, Bryan Forbes, Henry Hathaway
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 18 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young doctor with a clubfoot falls obsessively in love with a cruel and indifferent waitress. She uses him for money and affection while he struggles with his own self-doubt and longing.

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What happens

Of Human Bondage is a 1964 British drama film directed by Ken Hughes and starring Kim Novak and Laurence Harvey in the roles played by Bette Davis and Leslie Howard three decades earlier in the original film version. This MGM release, the third screen adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's 1915 novel, was written by Bryan Forbes from the novel by Somerset Maugham. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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