Spellbound (1945)


Spellbound
Release Date31 October 1945
Budget$2,000,000
TaglineStrange . . . Strange . . . Their Irresistible Love! Dark . . . Dark . . . Their Inescapable Fears !
GenreMystery, Romance, Thriller
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsAlta Lodge - 10230 E. Little Cottonwood Road, Alta, Utah, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor, Black and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassRomantic Mystery, Psychological Thriller, Medical Drama
MoodSpellbinders
ThemesAssumed Identities, Doctors and Patients, Haunted By the Past, Amnesia, Amateur Sleuths
TonesCerebral, Hallucinatory, Atmospheric, Disturbing, Literate, Tense, Gloomy
TagsAmnesia, Assumed Identity, Escape, False Accusation, Help, Kill, Love, Medical Treatment, Mental Illness, Murder, Psychiatrist, Refugee, Romance, Skiing, Suicide, Suspicion

Spellbound is a psychological mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1945. It tells the story of the new head of a mental asylum who turns out not to be what he claims. The film stars Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov and Leo G. Carroll. It is an adaptation by Angus MacPhail and Ben Hecht of the novel The House of Dr. Edwardes (1927) by Hilary Saint George Saunders and John Palmer (writing as "Francis Beeding").


Cast and Crew


Cast

Dr. Constance Petersen

John Ballantine, Dr. Anthony Edwardes

Dr. Alexander 'Alex' Brulov

Dr. Murchison

Mary Carmichael

Dr. Fleurot

Mr. Garmes

Bill Goodwin
House detective

Steven Geray
Dr. Graff

Donald Curtis
Harry

Stranger in Hotel Lobby

Art Baker
Det. Lt. Cooley

Det. Sgt. Gillespie

Dr. Hanish

Matron

Railway gateman

Richard Bartell
Ticket taker

Harry Brown
Gateman

Joel Davis
John Ballantine as a boy

Edward Fielding
Dr. Anthony Edwardes

Man leaving elevator

Teddy Infuhr
John Ballantine's brother

Sheriff

George Meader
Hallett, railroad clerk

Policeman at train station

Constance Purdy
Dr. Brulov's housekeeper

Police captain

Erskine Sanford
Dr. Galt

Janet Scott
Norma Cramer

Clarence Straight
Secretary at police station

Bellboy

Director

Writer

John Palmer

Hilary St. George Sanders

Angus MacPhail

May E. Romm
uncredited

Producer

Original Music

Miklós Rózsa

Cinematographer

Art Director

James Basevi
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Production Manager

Fred Ahern
unit manager

Richard Johnston
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Lowell J. Farrell
assistant director

Charles Barton
second unit director

Art Department

designer: dream sequence

John Ewing
associate art director

Emile Kuri
interior decorator

Sound Department

Richard DeWeese
sound recordist

Arthur Johns
sound effects mixer, sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects

Jack Cosgrove
special effects

Clarence Slifer
special effects associate

Camera and Electrical Department

Ned Scott
still photographer

Jack Warren
assistant camera

Rex Wimpy
second camera operator: dream sequence

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Howard Greer
gowns: Miss Bergman

Ann Peck
wardrobe: women

Editorial Department

Hal C. Kern
supervising editor

William H. Ziegler
associate editor

Music Department

Audrey Granville
associate composer

Samuel Hoffman
musician: theremin

Earl B. Mounce
music mixer

Eugene Zador
orchestrator

Other Crew

Barbara Keon
production assistant

May E. Romm
psychiatric advisor

Ann Harris
research director

Eileen Johnston
psychiatric advisor

Clarita Heath Reiter
technical director: skiing sequence

Rex Wimpy
transparency projection shots

Production Company

Vanguard Films

Selznick International Pictures
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Distributor

United Artists

Selznick Distributing Corporation

Schorcht Filmverleih Gmbh

National Telefilm Associates (NTA)

ABC Distribution Co.

CBS Television

CBS/Fox
,

Key Video

Pioneer

Anchor Bay Entertainment
, ,

EuroVideo
,

Criterion Collection, The
,

Manga Films

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Capital CitiesABC Video Enterprises Inc.

Continental Home Vídeo
,

Sonoro Filme

Miscellaneous

Intrada
score album released by

Vanguard Films
copyright owner






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