This week we psychoanalyze Spellbound, Hitchcock's 1945 film noir mystery dominated by Freudian psychotherapy. Gregory Peck plays an amnesiac doctor and psychiatrist Ingrid Bergman races to unlock his past as z murder investigation threatens to derail his progress.
***SPOILER ALERT*** We do talk about this movie in its entirety, so if you plan on watching it, we suggest you watch it before listening to our takes.
A Selznick International Picture. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Produced by David O. Selznick. Written by Angus MacPhail, based on the novel The House of Dr. Edwardes by Hilary Saint George Saunders and Francis Beeding. Starring Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov, Leo G. Carroll, Norman Lloyd.. Cinematography by George Barnes. Music by Miklos Rozsa.
Ranking: 18 out of 52. Ranking movies is a reductive parlor game. It’s also fun. And it’s a good way to frame a discussion. We aggregated over 70 ranked lists from critics, fans, and magazines Spellbound got 1,989 ranking points.