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Spellbound - Alfred Hitchcock

3.5
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Directed by: 
Alfred Hitchcock
Story by: 
John Palmer
Hilary Saint George Saunders
Angus MacPhail
May E. Romm
Screenplay by: 
Ben Hecht
Produced by: 
David O. Selznick
Release year: 
1945
Country: 
United States of America
Runtime: 
111min
Genre: 
Film noir
Romance Film
Mystery
Black-and-white
Psychological thriller
Therimin music
Thriller
Suspense
Film adaptation
Drama
Music by: 
Miklós Rózsa
Soundtrack: 
Spellbound
Subjects: 
Psychoanalysis
Tagline: 
Strange . . . Strange . . . Their Irresistible Love! Dark . . . Dark . . . Their Inescapable Fears !
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Plot: 
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.
Cast: 
Ingrid Bergman
as
Dr. Constance Petersen
Gregory Peck
as
John Ballantine
Michael Chekhov
as
Dr. Alexander Brulov
Leo G. Carroll
as
Dr. Murchison
Rhonda Fleming
as
Mary Carmichael
Alfred Hitchcock
(
Man Leaving Elevator
)
Art Baker
as
Det. Lt. Cooley
Steven Geray
as
Dr. Graff
Paul Harvey
as
Dr. Hanish
Regis Toomey
as
Det. Sgt. Gillespie
Norman Lloyd
as
Mr. Garmes
Donald Curtis
as
Harry
John Emery
as
Dr. Fleurot
Wallace Ford
(
Stranger in Hotel Lobby
)
Dave Willock

Reviews

Thriller and pseudoscience

Drugo's picture Submitted by Drugo on

3.5

A gripping trhriller which focuses on psychology.
The guilt complex, the interpretation of dreams and the female mind, are the topics that will accompany the narration, not without plot's twists and throwing off track the viewer, as expected by the master.
The whole thing, seasoned with a good amount of distrust towards this pseudoscience.

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