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Spellbound
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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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Spellbound opened in theaters December 28, 1945. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
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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More about Spellbound
Cast
Ingrid BergmanDr. Constance Petersen
Gregory PeckJohn Ballantine
Leo G. CarrollDr. Murchison
Michael ChekhovDr. Alexander Brulov
John EmeryDr. Fleurot
Steven GerayDr. Graff
Paul HarveyDr. Hanish
Erskine SanfordDr. Galt (uncredited)Credits
- Directed by
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Written by
- Ben Hecht, Angus MacPhail, Hilary St George Saunders, John Palmer
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $1.5M
- Box office
- $7M
Production
- Selznick International PicturesUnited States
- Vanguard FilmsUnited States