70th ANNIVERSARY! Directed by singular filmmaker Douglas Sirk (homaged by Todd Haynes in Far From Heaven), Rock Hudson's performance in melodrama MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION made him a box office sensation whose career lasted decades. Based on the bestselling novel by Lloyd C. Douglas, Hudson stars as a reckless playboy whose actions inadvertently cause the death of a prominent doctor. Attempting to make amends to the doctor's widow (Jane Wyman), he falls for her before causing a series of unintended events.