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Spellbound (1945) - Movie Review

#AlfredHitchcock #GregoryPeck #IngridBergman Spellbound was a 1945 Alfred Hitchcock thriller, featuring Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, and... psycho-analysis and Dream interpretation! And, of course, a brilliant Hitchcock story where you never completely know what's going on. And I'm going to say at the beginning, probably the biggest take-away from watching this film was the brilliant musical score by Miklos Rozsas, but more on that later. As far as the film goes, from the beginning this reminded me of other Hitchcock films where a beautiful young woman falls for a guy with a mysterious past. Elements of Rebecca and Notorious came to mind. The film opens with Ingrid Bergman, who plays psychoanalyst Dr. Constance Petersen at a mental hospital in Vermont. We are introduced to her as a character who is perhaps a little cold, analytical and aloof as she listens to the ravings of one of her patients. The head of the institution is stepping down, and soon enough will be replaced by a young Dr. Edwardes, played here by Gregory Peck. He shows up for dinner with the doctors and joins them at a table. Dr. Constance seems instantly taken by him. And you know, Gregory Peck is awesome. To me, in these earlier films he just has this jovial, young Abe Lincoln vibe to him. Anyhow, the first clue that something might be odd here is that Dr. Constance is explaining something about the oblong shape of a pool, and casually draws a circular shape on the table cloth with her fork, and for some reason Dr. Edwardes starts to get all agitated, with some of that errie music kicking in. Uh ok. But he recovers quick, he he, nothing to see here. Nothing weird about,,, lines... So it's a little later, and Edwardes complains of a headache and asks Dr. Petersen if she's like to go for a walk in the country as their mutual romantic interest starts to grow. Later that evening Dr. Petersen can't sleep and goes to visit with Ballantyne, and they embrace, but the pattern of lines on her robe start to freak him out. We eventually figure out that this "Edwardes" guy is not just an imposter, but that he has amnesia and doesn't really know who he is. To be honest, the amnesia gimmick always gets me, mainly because I grew up on a steady diet of 80's TV shows I'm always a little reluctant to buy into the amnesia gimmick as an overused ploy on shows like MacGyver, but, it's ok, we'll roll with this and see where it goes. So he tells Dr. Constance that the only clue of his real identity that he has is a cigarette lighter with the initials "J.B." Whatever could it mean? She tells him she believes him and will help solve the mystery. He leaves to sleep, but during the night slips her a note, saying he is going to the Empire State Hotel in New York. Investigators show up the next day to question Dr. Constance and, in Hitchcock style, step all over the letter on the floor but otherwise don't notice it. She does, she reads it, and see goes after him. While Dr. Petersen is at the hotel in NY, trying to find him, Wallace Shaw sits next to her (of the mummy films!) But, he's a letcherous creep here. But the hotel security shoos him off, then helps her with finding where Ballantyne is staying. They are reunited, and clearly she's fallen for him. He, at this point, think's maybe he killed Dr. Edwardes and took his identity, but we the audience still don't know what's going on. And the film at this point becomes something of a couple-on-the-run, with newspapers reporting that there is a search for him. They take a train to the house of Dr. Alex Brulov (Michael Chekhov), who was Dr. Peterson's teacher and mentor and who is happy to have her visit and stay. When they arrive, he's not home yet, but two cops are there, waiting to question him. They don't know who Dr. Constance and Edwardes are, so there's a brief bit of awkward tension, Hitchcock style. Dr. Brulov eventually arrives and shoos off the cops. He's exactly what you'd expect of the stereotype Freudian analyst - the beard, the Germanic accent and everything. He offers from them to stay at his place. And, it's 1945 so don't worry: there's no hanky panky or anything. So during the night, Edwards goes to the washroom and, realizing he needs a shave, get's out his straight razor. Something in the bathroom triggers him - all the white things like soap, the tub, etc, and he goes into a trace state and sleep-walks downstairs to find the doctor awake. He's still got the open razor in his hand, and its pretty creepy actually. Dr. Brulov seems unfazed though, and prattles on about not sleeping and having milk and crackers and so on. He offers Edwardes some milk - apparently laced with sedatives - and knocks the poor sap out. And I exceeded the word count for the description, so check out my review and then go watch the movie! That's Spellbound from 1945. Excellent Hitchcock film worth checking out. Free music courtesy of:    / audiolibrary   Boreal - Asher Fulero