Spellbound

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NR,1hr 51min

Genres:

Drama,Action

Released:

January 1, 1945

Distributor:

Anchor Bay

Starring:

Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Jean Acker ... More

Synopsis: As Alfred Hitchcock's classic psychothriller opens, the staff of a posh mental asylum eagerly awaits the arrival of the new director. When the man in question shows up, it turns out to be handsome psychiatrist John Ballantine (Gregory Peck). But something's wrong, here: Ballantine seems much too young for so important a position; his answers to the staff's questions are vague and detached; and he seems unusually distressed by the parallel marks, left by a fork, on a white tablecloth. Dr. Constance ... Full Synopsis

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	Patrick Legare, AMG Review Behind a veil of psychoanalytic babble lies a simple tale of murder in Alfred Hitchcock's popular thriller Spellbound. During the WWII era in which the film was released, it was heralded for its intellectual use of Freudian theories to solve a murder. In retrospect, however, the film reveals psychoanalytic ideas that are simplistic and obsolete to the point of becoming comical. In spite of this, Hitchcock's ... Read Review

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	Ingrid Bergman Dr. Constance Peterson Gregory Peck Dr. Anthony Edwardes , John Ballantine Jean Acker Matron Rhonda Fleming Mary Carmichael

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