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6.5

Of Human Bondage

NR·1934·83m

Drama

Romance

Drama

Romance

Summary

A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.

Cast

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

Cabbie at End (uncredited)

Ray Atchley

J. Murphy (uncredited)

Frank Baker

Policeman Removing Mildred (uncredited)

Evelyn Beresford

Coughing Lady (uncredited)

Jimmy Casey

(uncredited)

Ma Curly

Charwoman (uncredited)

Byron Fitzpatrick

(uncredited)

Frankie Grandetta

Newsboy (uncredited)

Tommy Hughes

Englishman (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

Hospital Interne (uncredited)

Billy Mills

(uncredited)

Nat Neahan

Slim (uncredited)

Tempe Pigott

Philip's Landlady Agnes Hollett (uncredited)

Irene Rich

Baby (uncredited)

Adrian Rosley

Paris Art Teacher Mons. Flourney (uncredited)

Frank Schwab

(uncredited)

Al Sullivan

Jimmy Gray (uncredited)

Madeline Wilson

Girl (uncredited)

Douglas Gordon

Hawker (uncredited) (voice)

Crew

Director

John Cromwell

Novel

W. Somerset Maugham

Screenplay

Lester Cohen

Reviews

Geronimo1967

June 13, 2022

I can tell when I am engaged with a film if I want to get off the chair and strangle one of the cast... Well Leslie Howard engenders exactly that feeling as he plays the hapless, lovestruck "Philip" who has fallen in love with the nasty, scheming "Mildred" - Bette Davis (with a rather dodgy English agent). The chemistry between the two of them is great. She treats him appallingly, yet like a doting puppy he comes back for more each time. John Cromwell keeps this going deftly; we see the characterisations from W. Somerset Maugham's novel unfold before us and I felt genuinely invested.