Spellbound (1945)

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"The Maddest Love that ever possessed a woman."

Synopsis

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. (© IMDB)

Technical Information

• black & white
• sound mix: mono (Western Electric Recording)
• aspect ratio: 1.37:1 Spherical
• running time: 111 minutes
• production studio: Selznick International Pictures & Vanguard Films Production
• also known as:
  • Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound (1945) - USA full title
  • The House of Dr. Edwardes - working title
  • Urzeczona (1945) - Poland

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released in 2012

Spellbound (1945) - MGM Home Entertainment (Blu-ray, USA, 2012) Amazon (USA)

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released in 2008

Spellbound (1945) - MGM Home Entertainment (USA, 2008) R1 NTSC 1.33:1

released in 2005

Io Ti Salverò (1945) - 01Distribution (Italy, 2005) PAL 1.33:1

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Themes

• the Hitchcock cameo - walking out of the lift at the Empire Hotel
  

Cast and Crew

Directed by:

• Alfred Hitchcock
• Lowell J Farrell - assistant director

Starring:

• Ingrid Bergman - Doctor Constance Peterson
• Gregory Peck - John Ballantine
• Michael Chekhov - Doctor Alex Brulov
• Leo G Carroll - Doctor Murchison
• John Emery - Doctor Fleurot
• Steven Geray - Doctor Graff
• Paul Harvey - Doctor Hanish
• Donald Curtis - Harry
• Rhonda Fleming - Mary Carmichael
• Norman Lloyd - Mr Garmes
• Wallace Ford - Hotel Masher
• Bill Goodwin - Hotel Detective
• Art Baker - Lieutenant Cooley
• Regis Toomey - Sergeant

Produced by:

• David O Selznick

Written by:

• Angus MacPhail
• Ben Hecht
• John Palmer
• Hilary St George Sanders - original novel "The House Of Dr. Edwardes"

Photographed by:

• George Barnes

Music by:

• Miklós Rózsa
• Audrey Granville

Costume Design by:

• Howard Greer

Production Design by:

• James Basevi - art director