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Spellbound

1945 ★ 111 min
Studio: Selznick International Pictures
Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: Angus MacPhail, Ben Hecht, John Palmer
Producer: David O. Selznick

Spellbound is a 1945 American psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov, and Leo G. Carroll. It follows a psychoanalyst who falls in love with the new head of the Vermont hospital in which she works.

Trivia

  • Won the Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score.
  • Also nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture; Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor; Academy Award for Best Director; Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White; and 1 more.
  • Spellbound was made over contract disagreements between Alfred Hitchcock and producer David O. Selznick.
  • In December 1943, Hitchcock and his wife, Alma Reville, began working on a treatment of the novel, and consulted prominent British psychologists and psychoanalysts so as to accurately represent the psychological elements of the story.
  • MacPhail was ultimately given the adaptation credit, and the extent to which Reville was involved in the final product is unknown.

Filming Locations

  • We were involved for weeks in close and intense work." Parts of the film were shot in Alta, Utah at the Alta Lodge and Wasatch Ranch.
  • The film's picnic sequence between Peck and Bergmans' characters was filmed at the Cooper Ranch in Northridge, Los Angeles, while other sequences—such as the train depot scene—were filmed on the Universal Studios lot.

Previous Showings

12 Runs • 6 Festivals

17,522 tickets sold

Original Billings: 1 run (February 3, 1946)

Original Run: February 3, 1946 (Sunday - Thursday)

All runs on record (12):

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