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Spellbound

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Plot

When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an impostor. The man confesses that the real Dr. Edwardes is dead and fears he may have killed him, but cannot recall anything. Dr. Peterson, however is convinced his impostor is innocent of the man's murder, and joins him on a quest to unravel his amnesia through psychoanalysis.

Cast

Ingrid Bergman as Dr. Constance Petersen
Ingrid Bergman

as Dr. Constance Petersen

Gregory Peck as John Ballantine
Gregory Peck

as John Ballantine

Leo G. Carroll as Dr. Murchison
Leo G. Carroll

as Dr. Murchison

Michael Chekhov as Dr. Alexander Brulov
Michael Chekhov

as Dr. Alexander Brulov

John Emery as Dr. Fleurot
John Emery

as Dr. Fleurot

Steven Geray as Dr. Graff
Steven Geray

as Dr. Graff

Paul Harvey as Dr. Hanish
Paul Harvey

as Dr. Hanish

Erskine Sanford as Dr. Galt (uncredited)
Erskine Sanford

as Dr. Galt (uncredited)

Norman Lloyd as Mr. Garmes
Norman Lloyd

as Mr. Garmes

Donald Curtis as Harry
Donald Curtis

as Harry

Movie Facts

Rated

  • Approved

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • November 8, 1945

Production Companies

  • Selznick International Pictures

  • Vanguard Films

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $1,500,000.00

Revenue

  • $7,000,000.00

Runtime

  • 1.85 hrs

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Reviews

This intriguing little crime/thriller from the great Alfred Hitchcock isn't half bad. It's a more unusual Hitch effort, but the story has plenty of twists and turns to keep interest. Ingrid plays a kindhearted psychologist who falls in love with the new doctor at the asylum where she's working, but he may not be all that he seems. I'm sorry, Ms. Bergman; it looks like you've fallen in love wit…

When Leo G. Carroll ("Dr. Murchison") steps down as director of the "Green Manors" - a centre for psychoanalysis, he is replaced by Gregory Peck ("Dr. Edwardes") who immediately attracts the attention - romantic and professional - of Ingrid Bergman ("Dr. Petersen") who quickly discovers that he has quite a secret. Together they must work speedily to unravel a mystery of memory and murder before t…