Now, Voyager (1942)

NR10/22/1942Romance, Drama1h 57m
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It happens in the best of families. But you'd never think it could happen to her!

Overview

A woman suffers a nervous breakdown and an oppressive mother before being freed by the love of a man she meets on a cruise.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Bette Davis

    Charlotte Vale

  2. Cast 1

    Paul Henreid

    Jeremiah 'Jerry' Duvaux Durrance

  3. Cast 1

    Claude Rains

    Dr. Jaquith

  4. Cast 1

    Gladys Cooper

    Mrs. Henry Vale

  5. Cast 1

    Bonita Granville

    June Vale

  6. Cast 1

    John Loder

    Elliot Livingston

  7. Cast 1

    Ilka Chase

    Lisa Vale

  8. Cast 1

    Lee Patrick

    Deb McIntyre

  9. Cast 1

    Franklin Pangborn

    Mr. Thompson

Bette Davis at her best took some beating, and here is one such an example. Together with expertly delivered performances from Claude Rains and Gladys Cooper we are presented with an emotional roller-coaster of a film. Davis starts as the hen-pecked daughter of Cooper, until she encounters Rains' "Dr. Jaquith" who decides that he may be able to help this erstwhile shy spinster find herself a little purpose in life. She is despatched on a cruise liner where she meets the married "Jerry" (Paul Henried) and though there is a semblance of a romance, it can come to nothing and it is only after a lo...