Spellbound - The Criterion Collection
United Artists (1945)
Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance
In Collection
#12091
0*
Seen ItYes
715515012621
IMDB   7.7
1 hr 51 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Ingrid Bergman Dr. Constance Peterson
Gregory Peck John Ballantine
Jean Acker Matron
Rhonda Fleming Mary Carmichael
Leo G. Carroll Dr. Murchison
Donald Curtis Harry
Norman Lloyd Garmes
Regis Toomey Sgt. Gillespie
John Emery Dr. Fleurot
Paul Harvey Dr. Hanish
Wallace Ford
Steven Geray Dr. Graff
Bill Goodwin House detective
Art Baker
Michael Chekhov Dr. Alexander Brulov
Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Producer David O'Selznick
David O. Selznick
Writer Ben Hecht
John Palmer
Cinematography George Barnes
Musician Miklós Rózsa


The staff of a posh mental asylum eagerly awaits the arrival of the new director. When the man in question shows up, it turns out to be handsome psychiatrist Gregory Peck . But something's wrong, here: Peck seems much too young for so important a position; his answers to the staff's questions are vague and detached; and he seems unusually distressed by the parallel marks, left by a fork, on a white tablecloth. Doctor Peterson Ingrid Bergman comes to the correct conclusion that Peck is not the new director, but a profoundly disturbed amnesiac—and, possibly, the murderer of the real director. Gradually falling in love with Peck , Bergman begins fearing for his well-being; she and Peck leave the asylum, hiding out in the home of her mentor, psychoanalyst Michael Chekhov . Though Chekhov warns that she might be protecting a killer, Bergman believes in Peck 's innocence, and attempts throughout the remaining reels to get to the root of his emotional problems. — Hal Erickson
Edition Details
Edition Criterion
Distributor Criterion
Chapters 24
Release Date 2002
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Standard 1.33:1 B&W
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Commentary by Hitchcock Scholar Marian Keane
"A Nightmare Ordered by Telephone": An in-depth, illustrated essay on the Salvador Dali-designed dream sequence by James Bigwood
Excerpts Rrom a 1973 Audio Interview with Composer Miklos Rozsa
Complete 1948 Lux Radio Theater Adaptation starring Joseph Cotton and Alida Valli
The Fishko Files: A WNYC/New York Public Radio piece on the theremin
Essays by Noted Hitchcock Scholars Leonard Leff and Lesley Brill
Hundreds of Behind-the-Scenes Photos and Documents Chronicling the Film's Production, Including Set Photos, Ads, Posters and Publicity Material
Theatrical Trailer