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Spellbound

This is love! Complete...reckless...violent!

7.4(1,023)19451h 51m4

When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an impostor. The man confesses that the real Dr. Edwardes is dead and fears he may have killed him, but cannot recall anything. Dr. Peterson, however is convinced his impostor is innocent of the man's murder, and joins him on a quest to unravel his amnesia through psychoanalysis.

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Status
Released
Budget
$1.5M
Box office
$7M
Language
English
  • amnesia
  • black and white
  • psychiatrist
  • dream sequence
  • freudian

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNew York City, New York31 Oct 1945
    • TheatricalLos Angeles, California8 Nov 1945
    • TheatricalCincinnati, Ohio & San Francisco, California22 Nov 1945
    • Theatrical28 Dec 1945
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalLondon19 May 1946
    • Theatrical31 Jul 1946
    • Theatrical (limited)PG8 Dec 2008
    • TheatricalLondon30 Jan 2024
  • BrazilBR

    • PhysicalDVD24 Sept 2002
    • Theatrical (limited)12São Paulo, CineSesc (Mostra "Amor ao Cinema")12 Sept 2026
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical15 Oct 1951
    • TheatricalRe-release21 Jun 1954
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-1620 Apr 1951
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalTP19 Mar 1948
    • TheatricalTPRe-release11 Mar 2009
    • Digital / OTTTPArte.tv25 Oct 2026
    • TVTPArte25 Oct 2026
  • GermanyDE

    • TheatricalWest Germany29 Feb 1952
    • TVEast Germany21 Feb 1981
    • Digital / OTTArte.tv25 Oct 2026
    • TVArte25 Oct 2026
  • GreeceGR

    • Theatrical12 Jan 1948
    • TheatricalRe-release10 Jul 2025
  • ItalyIT

    • PremiereVenice Film Festival1 Sept 1947
    • TheatricalT23 Oct 1948
    • TheatricalTRe-release (4K Restoration)4 Nov 2023
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalG23 Nov 1951
    • TheatricalGRe-release28 May 1983
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical4 Apr 1947
    • TheatricalRe-release4 Mar 1976
    • Physical12DVD24 Jul 2007
  • PortugalPT

    • TheatricalM/127 Oct 1946
    • TheatricalM/12Re-release11 Jan 1977
    • TheatricalM/12Porto (Re-release)7 Feb 1978
    • TheatricalM/12Lisbon (Re-release)27 May 1983
    • Theatrical (limited)Porto, Cineclube do Norte27 Nov 1983
    • Theatrical (limited)Porto, Batalha Centro de Cinema22 Mar 2025

Frequently asked questions

Spellbound was released on 31 October 1945.

Audience reviews

2
  • B

    barrymost

    9/8/2019

    8/10

    This intriguing little crime/thriller from the great Alfred Hitchcock isn't half bad. It's a more unusual Hitch effort, but the story has plenty of twists and turns to keep interest. Ingrid plays a kindhearted psychologist who falls in love with the new doctor at the asylum where she's working, but he may not be all that he seems. I'm sorry, Ms. Bergman; it looks like you've fallen in love with a psycho.

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    7/1/2022

    7/10

    When Leo G. Carroll ("Dr. Murchison") steps down as director of the "Green Manors" - a centre for psychoanalysis, he is replaced by Gregory Peck ("Dr. Edwardes") who immediately attracts the attention - romantic and professional - of Ingrid Bergman ("Dr. Petersen") who quickly discovers that he has quite a secret. Together they must work speedily to unravel a mystery of memory and murder before the authorities come t…

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