Spellbound

Spellbound

1945

Based on Francis Bleeding's novel The House of Dr. Edwardes, Spellbound -- which was nominated for six Oscars and won for original score -- is one of Hitchcock's finest films. Dr. Edwards (Gregory Peck) arrives at the Green Manors Mental Asylum and falls for the beautiful Dr. Petersen (Ingrid Bergman). But she discovers that he's a paranoid amnesiac impostor, which leaves her wondering: What happened to the real Dr. Edwards?

Strange . . . Strange . . . Their Irresistible Love! Dark . . . Dark . . . Their Inescapable Fears !

Winner of 1 Academy Award

JBscale
82
Excellent

Film Detail

Genre
Drama - Mystery
Length
1 hr. 51 mins.
US Theatrical Release
December 28, 1945
US Box Office
$7,000,000 (#4809 of 7538)
Global Office
No Data Available
Rating
NR
Not Rated

Collection Detail

Edition
2-Disc [Blu-Ray + DVD] Alfred Hitchcock: The Classic Collection
Resolution | Digital Platform
Aspect Ratio
FS 1.33:1
Audio
English: DTS-HD Master 2.0
English: DS 2.0
Studio
MGM
Released
January 24, 2012
Acquired Date
November 4, 2013
Times Seen
1 Time
Last Watched
October 16, 2008

Actors

Ingrid Bergman
Ingrid Bergman
Gregory Peck
Gregory Peck
Michael Chekhov
Michael Chekhov
Leo G. Carroll
Leo G. Carroll
Rhonda Fleming
Rhonda Fleming
John Emery
John Emery
Norman Lloyd
Norman Lloyd
Bill Goodwin
Bill Goodwin
Steven Geray
Steven Geray
Donald Curtis
Donald Curtis
Wallace Ford
Wallace Ford
Art Baker
Art Baker
Regis Toomey
Regis Toomey
Paul Harvey
Paul Harvey

Directors

Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock

Producers

David O. Selznick
David O. Selznick

Writers

Ben Hecht
Ben Hecht

Awards & Accolades

  • 1945 Oscar : Music (Original Dramatic or Comedy Score)

Special Features

Commentaries
  • film historians Thomas Schatz & Charles Ramirez Berg
Featurettes
  • A Cinderella Story: Rhonda Fleming
  • Dreaming with Scissors: Hitchcock, Surrealism and Salvador Dali
  • Guilt by Association: Psychoanalyzing Spellbound
Other
  • 1948 Radio Play Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
  • Audio Interview: Film Historian Rudy Belhemer Interviews Composer Miklós Rózsa
  • Audio Interview: Peter Bogdanovich Interviews Hitchcock
  • Audio Commentary
  • Featurettes

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User Reviews

Ratings

JB Users
90
Superior
RT Fresh
86%
Tomatometer
43 votes
RT Fresh Certified
82%
Popcornmeter
800 votes
METASCORE
78
16 votes
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
53,804 votes