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Disputed Passage is a 1939 American drama war film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Dorothy Lamour, Akim Tamiroff, John Howard, Judith Barrett and William Collier, Sr. Set in war-torn China, the film was described by The New York Times as a "lavish soap opera".
Disputed Passage: Directed by Frank Borzage. With Dorothy Lamour, Akim Tamiroff, John Howard, Judith Barrett. A doctor's medical studies are threatened by his infatuation with a Chinese girl. The girl returns to China, but complications ensue when she runs into him in Nanking during a Japanese bombing raid.
Permalink. SYNOPSIS: Medical student Lamour gets engaged to schoolmate Howard while in the class of well-respected professor Tamiroff, who convinces her to return to her native China and let Howard continue with his studies undistracted. COMMENT: Disputed Passage starts off extremely well.
Sep 1, 2021 · The girl returns to China, but complications ensue when she runs into him in Nan ...more. ⭐Disputed Passage: A doctor's medical studies are threatened by his infatuation with a Chinese girl.
The conflict in Dr. Beaven’s soul is externalized in the opposing arguments of cynical Dr. Forster (Akim Tamiroff), one of Beaven’s professors in medical school, and beautiful Audrey Hilton (Dorothy Lamour), the deeply religious young woman Beaven wants to marry.
The film opens with the following quotation from Walt Whitman: "Have you not learned great lessons from those who brace themselves against you, and disputed the passage with you?"
Disputed Passage (1939) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
