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Spellbound (1945)
Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1945
Running Times: 111 mins
Length: 3048.30 metres / 12 reels
Format: black and white / colour for two frames
35mm
Ratio: 1.37:1
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: A Selznick International Picture
Copyright: Vanguard Films Inc
Producer: David O. Selznick
SCRIPT
Script: Ben Hecht
Adaptation: Angus MacPhail
Novel: The House of Dr Edwardes by Francis Beeding (real names:
John Palmer, Hilary St George Sanders)
DIRECTION
Director: Alfred
Hitchcock
Assistant Director: Lowell J. Farrell
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: George Barnes
EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Supervising Editor: Hal C. Kern
Associate Editor: William H. Ziegler
MUSIC
Music: Miklos Rozsa
SOUND
Recordist: Richard De Weese
Sound System: Western Electric Recording
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: James Basevi
Associate Art Director: John Ewing
Dream Sequence Designer: Salvador Dali
Interior Decorator: Emile Kuri
MISCELLANEOUS
Production Assistant: Barbara Keon
Psychiatric Advisor: May E. Romm M.D.
LOCATIONS
Locations: Alta Lodge, Alta, Utah, USA; Cooper Ranch, Northridge, Los
Angeles, California, USA
CAST
Ingrid Bergman (Dr Constance Petersen)
Gregory Peck (John Ballantine / Dr Anthony Edwardes / John Brown)
Michael Chekhov (Dr Alexander Brulov)
Leo G. Carroll (Dr Murchison)
Rhonda Fleming (Mary Carmichael)
John Emery (Dr Fleurot)
Norman Lloyd (Mr Garmes)
Bill Goodwin (House detective)
Steven Geray (Dr Graff)
Donald Curtis (Harry)
Wallace Ford (Hotel masher)
Art Baker (Detective Lieutenant Cooley)
Regis Toomey (Detective Sergeant Gillespie)
Paul Harvey (Dr Hanish)
Alfred Hitchcock
(man getting off elevator in hotel (uncredited))
PLOT SUMMARY
Dr Murchison is about to retire as head of the Green Manors psychiatric
hospital to be replaced by Dr Edwardes. But is Edwardes really who he
claims to be?
AVAILABILITY
Brazil
Video Distributors: Continental Home Vídeo
DVD Distributors: Continental Home Vídeo
Portugal
Theatrical Distributors: Sonoro Filme
Spain
DVD Distributors: Manga Films S.L.
UK
Laserdisc Distributors: Pioneer Cinema (PLFMB 30841)
USA
Theatrical Distributors: United Artists
Television Distributors: ABC Distribution Co
Video Distributors: Anchor Bay Entertainment; Capital Cities/ABC Video
Enterprises Inc
Laserdisc Distributors: CBS Fox (8035-80)
DVD Distributors: Anchor Bay Entertainment (DV 10810); The Criterion
Collection (CC1577D); The Criterion Collection (HIT060 - Wrong
Men and Notorious Women: Five Hitchcock Thrillers 1935-1946)
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Argentina
Rating: 13
Australia
Rating: PG
Finland
Rating: K-16
Germany
Rating: 16
Norway
Rating: 16
Spain
Rating: 18
Sweden
Rating: 15
UK
Rating: PG
USA
Rating: approved (PCA #10456)
AWARDS
1946
Academy Awards, USA (Oscars)
Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture (Miklós
Rózsa) - winner
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Michael Chekhov) - nominated
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (George Barnes) - nominated
Best Director (Alfred Hitchcock) - nominated
Best Effects, Special Effects (Jack Cosgrove (photographic)) - nominated
Best Picture (David O. Selznick) - nominated
New York Film Critics Circle Awards, USA
Best Actress (Ingrid Bergman) - winner (also for The Bells of St Mary's
(1945))
TIMELINE
1944
July
Day Unknown: USA - production begins
September
Day Unknown: USA - production ends
October
Day Unknown: USA - retakes begin
1945
October
31: USA - theatrical premiere in New York City
December
28: USA - copyright registered (LP13711); theatrical release
1946
April
15: Sweden - theatrical release
October
7: Portugal - theatrical release
1950
August
1: Norway - theatrical release
1951
April
20: Finland - theatrical release
October
15: Denmark - theatrical release
1952
February
26: Philippines - theatrical release
29: West Germany - theatrical release
1954
June
21: Denmark - theatrical re-release
1961
April
9: UK - television broadcast (on BBC)
November
4: UK - television broadcast (on BBC)
1964
March
29: UK - television broadcast (on BBC)
1969
August
15: UK - television broadcast (on BBC1)
1982
September
18: UK - television broadcast (on BBC2)
1984
October
19: UK - television broadcast (on BBC2)
1987
May
31: UK - television broadcast (on Channel 4)
1989
October
1: UK - television broadcast (on Channel 4)
1991
October
6: UK - television broadcast (on BBC1)
1994
December
26: UK - television broadcast (on BBC1)
2000
July
9: USA - DVDrelease (Anchor Bay Entertainment (DV 10810))
2002
August
23: UK - television broadcast (on BBC2)
September
24: USA - DVD release (The Criterion Collection (CC1577D))
November
8: Argentina - shown at the Clásicos de estreno
2003
May
13: USA - DVD release (The Criterion Collection (HIT060 - Wrong
Men and Notorious Women: Five Hitchcock Thrillers 1935-1946))
July
8: UK - television broadcast (on BBC2)
September
18: UK - television broadcast (on BBC4)
POSTER TAGS
The Maddest Love that ever possessed a woman
Will he Kiss me or Kill me?
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
A Casa Encantada - Portuguese title
Cuéntame tu vida - Argentinean title
Ich kämpfe um dich - Austrian / West German title
Io ti salverò - Italian title
La maison du docteur Edwardes - French title
Noiduttu - Finnish title
Quando Fala o Coração - Brazilian title
Recuerda... - Spanish title
The House of Dr Edwardes - working title
Troldbunden - Danish / Swedish title
Trollbunden - Swedish title
Urzeczona - Polish title
LINKS
FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
American
Masters: Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood (1998)
A Conversation with Gregory Peck (1999)
Dali (1986)
Hitchcock:
Shadow of a Genius (1999)
Hollywood:
The Selznick Years (1969)
Ingrid (1984)
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1994)
SEE ALSO
High Anxiety (1977)
KEYWORDS
amnesia, book into film, card games, doctors, dreams, flashbacks, freudian,
guilt, hotels, impalement, impostors, nervous breakdowns, new york,
newlyweds, picnics, police, psychiatric hospitals, psychiatrists, psychoanalysis,
railway stations, razors, scars, ski resorts, skiing, snow, suicide,
surgery, surrealism, trains
Last Updated:
15 October, 2008
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