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Spellbound

Spellbound

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Spellbound

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

1945

1h 51m

7.4(992 votes)

Thriller

Mystery

Romance

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.

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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

Creative team

Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Written by: Ben Hecht
Angus MacPhail
Produced by: David O. Selznick

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