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Spellbound (1945)

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A female psychiatrist protects the identity of an amnesia patient accused of murder while attempting to recover his memory.

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Cast

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Michael Chekhov ...
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Mary Carmichael
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Mr. Garmes
Bill Goodwin ...
House Detective
Steven Geray ...
Dr. Graff
Donald Curtis ...
Harry
Wallace Ford ...
Stranger in Hotel Lobby
Art Baker ...
Det. Lt. Cooley
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Det. Sgt. Gillespie
Paul Harvey ...
Dr. Hanish
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Storyline

The head of the Green Manors mental asylum Dr. Murchison is retiring to be replaced by Dr. Edwardes, a famous psychiatrist. Edwardes arrives and is immediately attracted to the beautiful but cold Dr. Constance Petersen. However, it soon becomes apparent that Dr. Edwardes is in fact a paranoid amnesiac impostor. He goes on the run with Constance who tries to help his condition and solve the mystery of what happened to the real Dr. Edwardes. Written by Col Needham <col@imdb.com>

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Taglines:

Strange . . . Strange . . . Their Irresistible Love! Dark . . . Dark . . . Their Inescapable Fears ! See more »


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Release Date:

28 December 1945 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound  »

Box Office

Budget:

$1,696,377 (estimated)
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Technical Specs

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| (Ontario)

Sound Mix:

(Western Electric Recording)

Color:

(Two frames tinted)|

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

Alfred Hitchcock persuaded David O. Selznick to buy the rights to the novel for $40,000. See more »

Goofs

When Dr. Brulov wakes J.B. to ask about his dreams, J.B.'s hair is very messed up. However, when Dr. Peterson enters the room with coffee a couple of minutes later, J.B.'s hair is neat, even though he hasn't combed it. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Nurse: [offscreen] Miss Carmichael, please. Dr. Petersen is ready for you.
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Crazy Credits

Just before the opening credits, an overture is played. See more »

Connections

Referenced in Charade (1963) See more »

Soundtracks

"Spellbound Concerto"
Composed by Miklós Rózsa
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User Reviews

 
Amnesia,Freud and Dali.
15 September 2001 | by See all my reviews

Could this one be the most underrated of all Hitchcock's American movies/What?only 7.6?And however,you've got plenty of movies for the price of one!Come on ,wake up,and give this triumph its due!

1.It's a mystery movie:Peck suffers from amnesia,he may or may not be a criminal,only snatches of memory come back and he can't put them together.Some clues appear,the "lines" vision is the most famous.

2.It's a movie full of suspense;great scenes:the letter which Bergman tries to hide,the news papers at the railway station.

3.It's a chase movie:Bergman and Peck escape from the nursing home and search a shrink's colleague help.

4.It's a dreamlike movie:not only for the Dali's -too often unfairly dismissed-dream.Actually, the whole story is wrapped in a supernatural,eerie atmosphere.

5.It's a romantic story:the scenes outside the nursing home in country landscapes are wonderfully and lovingly filmed.

6.It's a movie of redemption:Bergman falls in love with her patient,and she's got to struggle -thanks Mister Freud- to help Peck to recover his

full memory.

7.It's a technically astounding movie,as in every Hitch movie:it features the shortest color scene (it's a black and white movie)in cinema.And I won't tell you when it appears,watch out.

8.It's a movie from the Master of suspense,and I trade you "a lapse of memory","shattered" and "the third day " for "Spellbound"!It deserves to be in the top 250!


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