Disputed Passage

Disputed Passage is a 1939 American film starring John Howard, Dorothy Lamour, Akim Tamiroff and Judith Barrett. Set in wartorn China, the film was described by the New York Times as a lavish soap opera. The film was based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Lloyd C. Douglas, and was produced by Paramount Pictures.

The New York Times concluded,if you have gathered from the foregoing that Disputed Passage smacks of synthetic drama and not too subtle moralizing, you have gleaned aright. What you might not have gathered is that the film, particularly in its early phases, has been forcefully written and rather well played. While there no longer is much news in the conflict between the sympathetic, sentimental physician and the cold scientist who caustically challenges his medical class to find a human soul in their dissections, the topic remains a fertile and provocative one. and Allmovie wrote, kudos again to director Frank Borzage for bringing warmth and credibility to the most sloppily sentimental of storylines.

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