Spellbound

Nov 8, 1945

1h 51m

★ 7.4

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

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.

Genres

Thriller

Mystery

Romance

Production Companies

Selznick International Pictures

Vanguard Films

Spellbound Trailers

Cast

Dr. Constance Petersen

Ingrid Bergman

John Ballantine

Gregory Peck

Dr. Murchison

Leo G. Carroll

Dr. Alexander Brulov

Michael Chekhov

Dr. Fleurot

John Emery

Dr. Graff

Steven Geray

Dr. Hanish

Paul Harvey

Dr. Galt (uncredited)

Erskine Sanford

Mr. Garmes

Norman Lloyd

Harry

Donald Curtis

Mary Carmichael

Rhonda Fleming

House detective

Bill Goodwin

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