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Spellbound
1945
Drawing on psychoanalysis to frame a transcendent love story, Alfred Hitchcock's SPELLBOUND is a mind-bending study of just how far people might go to escape trauma or to pursue passion. Gregory Peck is introduced as Dr. Edwardes, the newly arrived director of a mental asylum. However, when Edwardes starts displaying strange .. Read more
| Starring | Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Rhonda Fleming, Leo G. Carroll |
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| Director | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Genres | Drama |
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In his eagerness to make the first serious film about psychoanalysis, Alfred Hitchcock so diluted the fantastical elements in Francis Beeding's novel The House of Dr Edwardes, all that remained was a melodramatic plot and an awful lot of psychobabble. Not even dream sequences designed by Salvador Dali could enliven the turgid script, made all the less palatable by the robotic performance of Gregory Peck as the amnesiac trying to unravel his troubled past with the help of sympathetic shrink, Ingrid Bergman. Hitch himself was disappointed with the picture, but there are enough masterly touches to prevent the attention from straying too far.
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Enthralling and rather infuriating psychological mystery; the Hitchcock touches are splendid, and the stars shine magically, but the plot could have stood a little more attention.
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In 1945, Freud & Co were beginning to have a profound influence on American thinking, so armed with a script by Ben... read more on Time Out
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15 out of 20 people found this review helpful
Spellbound (1945)
Gregory Peck, Ingrid Bergman & others great acting.
Great director.
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7 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Spellbound without the spelling ...
Worth watching just to hear Gregory Peck announce with all the conviction he can muster: 'If there's one thing I hate - it's a SMUG WOMAN'.
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Average Hitchcock....
with a formulaic plot is lifted above average by superb performances by Bergman and Peck and a very famous dream sequence designed by Salvador Dali.
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15 out of 20 people found this review helpful
Spellbound (1945)
Gregory Peck, Ingrid Bergman & others great acting.
Great director.
OLD FASHIONED SUSPENCE FILM. -
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Sllooooooww!!
A sometimes painfully slow suspense film with trademark hitchcock cinematography. Good performances by all except Peck who brings little to his character. ... more
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15 out of 20 people found this review helpful
Spellbound (1945)
Gregory Peck, Ingrid Bergman & others great acting.
Great director.
OLD FASHIONED SUSPENCE FILM. -
7 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Spellbound without the spelling ...
Worth watching just to hear Gregory Peck announce with all the conviction he can muster: 'If there's one thing I hate - it's a SMUG WOMAN'.
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Average Hitchcock....
with a formulaic plot is lifted above average by superb performances by Bergman and Peck and a very famous dream sequence designed by Salvador Dali.
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Nothing special:
This is mediocre Hitchcock, the story is quite interesting, what dark secrets are locked in Gregory Pecks amnesia riddled mind ? But in general the story just ... more
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Sllooooooww!!
A sometimes painfully slow suspense film with trademark hitchcock cinematography. Good performances by all except Peck who brings little to his character. ... more
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Aptly named!
After having read several reviews of this film, I was not expecting much... But I REALLY enjoyed it!
Hitchcock's masterly touch can be seen ... more -
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Super Sunday
An excellent film for romantics & Hitchcock fans. The whodunnit element isn't terribly complicated but the story flies along keeping you as rapt as the... more
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Nightmares, Sex, and Psychotherapy
After winning Oscars for "Gone with the Wind" and "Rebecca" producer David O. Selsnick was inexplicably depressed, and sought counseling. ... more
Critics' reviews (3)
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In his eagerness to make the first serious film about psychoanalysis, Alfred Hitchcock so diluted the fantastical elements in Francis Beeding's novel The House of Dr Edwardes, all that remained was a melodramatic plot and an awful lot of psychobabble. Not even dream sequences designed by Salvador Dali could enliven the turgid script, made all the less palatable by the robotic performance of Gregory Peck as the amnesiac trying to unravel his troubled past with the help of sympathetic shrink, Ingrid Bergman. Hitch himself was disappointed with the picture, but there are enough masterly touches to prevent the attention from straying too far.
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Enthralling and rather infuriating psychological mystery; the Hitchcock touches are splendid, and the stars shine magically, but the plot could have stood a little more attention.
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In 1945, Freud & Co were beginning to have a profound influence on American thinking, so armed with a script by Ben... read more on Time Out
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Spellbound
Drawing on psychoanalysis to frame a transcendent love story, Alfred Hitchcock's SPELLBOUND is a mind-bending study of just how far people might go to escape trauma or to pursue passion. Gregory Peck is introduced as Dr. Edwardes, the newly arrived director of a mental asylum. However, when ...
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