Spellbound

Movie

1945

1h 51m

English

Thriller, Mystery, Romance, Drama

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7.6

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Spellbound

Movie

1945

1h 51m

English

Thriller, Mystery, Romance, Drama

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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.

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Cast

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Ingrid Bergman

Dr. Constance Petersen

John Ballantine

Dr. Murchison

Dr. Alexander Brulov

Dr. Fleurot

Dr. Graff

Dr. Hanish

Dr. Galt (uncredited)

Mr. Garmes

Harry

Mary Carmichael

House detective

Det. Lt. Cooley

Det. Sgt. Gillespie

Hotel masher

Matron (uncredited)

Railway Gateman (uncredited)

Richard Bartell

Ticket Taker (uncredited)

Harry Brown

Gateman (uncredited)

Joel Davis

John Ballantine as a Boy (uncredite...

Jacqueline deWit

Nurse (uncredited)

Edward Fielding

Dr. Anthony Edwardes (uncredited)

Alfred Hitchcock

Man Leaving Elevator (uncredited)

Teddy Infuhr

John Ballantine's Brother (uncredit...

Victor Kilian

Sheriff (uncredited)

Directed By: Alfred Hitchcock

Written By: Ben Hecht (Screenplay), Angus MacPhail (Screenplay), + 2 more

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wambie says...

4 years ago

The camera work is pure Hitchcock

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naparteon-deleted-1607874313-deleted-1607874404 says...

4 years ago

Meh, there were holes on the plot but overall 'twas an interesting plot. Considering this movie is about 80 years old and dancing around a subject like "psychoanalysis" in it's early years makes me appreciate more tbh. Loved an another Bergman-Hitchcock collab though. So it's worth a watch.

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JauneItaly-deleted-1540323318 says...

6 years ago

Spellbound is one of the best movie directed by Hitchcock. The acting is great, the story is amazing and really mysterious. The final gun scene is amazing and the intrigue is surprising. Definitively a great movie.

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CFranc-deleted-1567722126 says...

7 years ago

Hitchcock leaves much of Spellbound's twisty plot to contrivance, but his assured utilization of obscurity and Mrs. Bergman's fabulous portrayal of the age-old conflict between logic and affections are more than enough to fascinate.

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CinemaSerf

2 years ago

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 More

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barrymost

5 years ago

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, bu More

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