The film tells the story of Dr. Murchison, the new head of the Green Manors mental asylum who turns out not to be what he claims. He is in fact a paranoid amnesiac impostor, who may also be a killer.
A commercial and critical hit in its day, this Best Picture Oscar nominee has seen its standing slip in the ensuing decades, as it's never mentioned on any list of Alfred Hitchcock's best works. That's a shame.
One of Hollywood's most explicit films about psychoanalysis, Spellbound takes a dubious and contrived approach to the subject, but the stars (Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck)shine and their love story is enjoyable.
