Shining Victory is a 1941 American drama film based on the 1940 play Jupiter Laughs, by A. J. Cronin. It stars James Stephenson, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp, and Barbara O'Neil. It is the first film directed by Irving Rapper. Bette Davis makes a brief cameo appearance as a nurse. Plot summary Dr. Paul Venner, a brilliant research psychiatrist, is driven out of Budapest by his superior, who has published and taken credit for Paul's work. In London, an old friend, Dr. Drewett, introduces him to the head of a Scottish sanitarium who offers him the opportunity to continue his research on dementia praecox, a disease from which Paul's father suffered. Dr. Mary Murray becomes his laboratory assistant. They fall in love, although she plans to engage in medical missionary work in China in a year's time. Paul convinces her to remain with him, and the two become betrothed. A fire breaks out in the lab, and Mary dies trying to salvage Paul's irreplaceable records. Deeply distressed, Paul turns down posts at several prestigious universities in order to realize Mary's dream of helping the sick in China. The working title of the film was Winged Victory, but this was changed after it was discovered that Moss Hart was writing a play with that title. Hart's Winged Victory was filmed in 1944. Cast James Stephenson as Dr. Paul Venner Geraldine Fitzgerald as Dr. Mary Murray Donald Crisp as Dr. Drewett Barbara O'Neil as Miss Leeming Montagu Love as Dr. Blake Sig Ruman as Professor Herman Von Reiter George Huntley, Jr. as Dr. Thornton Richard Ainley as Dr. Hale Bruce Lester as Dr. Bentley Leonard Mudie as Mr. Foster Doris Lloyd as Mrs. Foster Frank Reicher as Dr. Esterhazy Hermine Sterler as Miss Hoffman Billy Bevan as Chivers Clare Verdera as Miss Dennis Crauford Kent as Dr. Corliss Alec Craig as Jeweller Louise Brien as Nurse Bette Davis as Nurse Barlowe Borland as Patient (uncredited) See also List of American films of 1941 External links Shining Victory at Turner Classic Movies (trailer) TCM article 1941 films 1941 drama films American drama films American black-and-white films 1940s English-language films Films scored by Max Steiner Films about psychiatry Films based on works by A. J. Cronin American films based on plays Films directed by Irving Rapper Films set in Scotland Films set in London Films set in the 20th century Medical-themed films Warner Bros. films