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Spellbound

Spellbound

This is love! Complete...reckless...violent!

19457.41h 51m

Overview

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.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Written by Ben Hecht, John Palmer, Hilary St George Saunders
Produced by David O. Selznick
Box OfficeBudget: $1.5MRevenue: $7.0M

Top Cast

Ingrid Bergman

Ingrid Bergman

Dr. Constance Petersen

Gregory Peck

Gregory Peck

John Ballantine

Leo G. Carroll

Leo G. Carroll

Dr. Murchison

Michael Chekhov

Michael Chekhov

Dr. Alexander Brulov

John Emery

John Emery

Dr. Fleurot

Steven Geray

Steven Geray

Dr. Graff

Paul Harvey

Paul Harvey

Dr. Hanish

Erskine Sanford

Erskine Sanford

Dr. Galt (uncredited)

Norman Lloyd

Norman Lloyd

Mr. Garmes

Donald Curtis

Donald Curtis

Harry

Themes & Keywords

amnesiasigmund freudblack and whitepsychiatristdream sequencefreudianhipnotismopsiquiatra

About Spellbound

Spellbound is a thriller, mystery, romance film released in 1945 exploring themes of amnesia, sigmund freud, black and white, psychiatrist, dream sequence, freudian. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, it stars Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Leo G. Carroll. 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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