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Spellbound

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When Dr. Anthony Edwards arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwards is actually an impostor. The man confesses that the real Dr. Edwards 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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Critics Consensus

Spellbound's exploration of the subconscious could have benefitted from more analysis, but Alfred Hitchcock's psychedelic flourishes elevate this heady thriller along with Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck's star power.

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Marjory Adams Boston Globe Dec 31, 2020
A fascinating, grim, exciting motion picture, based on the currently popular interest in psychiatry, and illustrating a new method of crime detection. It is a "whodunit" (the current name for mystery dramas) raised to a de luxe intellectual plane. Go to Full Review Dave Kehr Chicago Reader Oct 5, 2019
...beneath the facile trappings there is an intriguing Hitchcockian study of role reversal, with doctors and patients, men and women, mothers and sons inverting their assigned relationships with compelling, subversive results. Go to Full Review Jake Wilson The Age (Australia) Sep 27, 2018
Today this seems above all a forward-thinking portrait of a woman battling for authority in a man's world. Go to Full Review Sarah Boslaugh TheArtsStl Dec 20, 2025
6/10
You can feel the conflict between producer David O. Selznick and director Alfred Hitchcock from the opening credits... Go to Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Nov 4, 2025
4/4
A commercial and critical hit in its day, this Best Picture Oscar nominee has seen its standing slip in the ensuing decades, as it's never mentioned on any list of Alfred Hitchcock's best works. That's a shame. Go to Full Review Diana Tuova Spotlight on Film Aug 13, 2024
4.5/5
Those who love a good mystery, suspense...will...find many things to like in this film. Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck team-up to deliver a memorable romance, and the dedicated supporting cast...shine in their equally majestic roles. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Liam D @Mediawatcher2003 4 days ago One of Hitchcock’s earliest Hollywood films. This is a far more trippy thriller than a lot of the master of suspense’s filmography but the visuals are creative and boasts great performances from Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck See more Molly D @RT95902486 Aug 23, 2026 You don’t understand. I am 16 years old and when I say I saw this movie for the first time and i was appalled, I am NOT lying, this is genuinely one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. See more Leaburn O @RT35452347 Feb 3, 2026 Only Hitchcock could direct such a preposterous plot and still make it watchable. Has all his hallmarks and this time a deep Freudian fascination too. Peck is great and Bergman is too until the final laughable twenty minutes. Watched on DVD. See more A T. @AThompson Jan 26, 2026 Fascinating look into trauma and the subconscious mind. Loved the stellar cast with a such a great auteur director in Hitchcock! See more Kyle M @RT77296778 Nov 3, 2025 Delving into the psychoanalytical angle prompted mere glances like basic textbook whilst unfolding a crime is moderately engaging alongside the showcased chemistry of Peck and Bergman’s professionally humane performances towards a cheesy end, mindfully summing an average picture beneath a Hitchcockian manifestation. (B) See more Farah R @Farah Apr 12, 2025 Slightly confusing and overacted, Spellbound isn't among Hitchcock's best, but it's watchable because it's well-made. See more Read all reviews
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Alfred Hitchcock

Director

Ingrid Bergman

Dr. Constance Peterson

Gregory Peck

John Ballantine

Michael Chekhov

Dr. Alexander Brulov

Leo G. Carroll

Dr. Murchison

Rhonda Fleming

Mary Carmichael

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Synopsis When Dr. Anthony Edwards arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwards is actually an impostor. The man confesses that the real Dr. Edwards 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.
Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Producer
David O. Selznick
Screenwriter
Frances Beeding, Angus MacPhail, Ben Hecht
Distributor
United Artists, Criterion Collection
Production Co
Vanguard Films Production, Selznick International Pictures
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 31, 1945, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Aug 3, 2004
Runtime
1h 51m
Sound Mix
Mono
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.37:1), 35mm
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