Underplayed Gems

Spellbound (1945)

Spellbound poster
Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
Genre
drama film, film noir, romance film, mystery film, thriller film, psychological drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 51m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 990 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A psychoanalyst at a Vermont hospital falls for the new director. But his strange behavior and a disturbing past make her question who he really is.

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What happens

Spellbound is a 1945 American psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov, and Leo G. Carroll. It follows a psychoanalyst who falls in love with the new head of the Vermont hospital in which she works. Although the film is based on the 1927 novel The House of Dr. Edwardes by Hilary Saint George Saunders and John Palmer, the plots are dramatically different. Filming took place in the summer of 1944 in Vermont, Utah, and Los Angeles, California. Spellbound was released theatrically in New York City on Halloween 1945, after which its U.S. release expanded on December 28, 1945. The film received positive reviews from critics and was a major box-office success, grossing $6.4 million in the United States and breaking ticket sales records in London. The film was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, and won Best Original Score. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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