The Shadow's Edge
Action · Crime
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Film / 1945
Spellbound
Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an impostor. The man confesses that the real Dr. Edwardes is dead and fears he may have killed him, but cannot recall anything. Dr. Peterson, however is convinced his impostor is innocent of the man's murder, and joins him on a quest to unravel his amnesia through psychoanalysis.
The story
When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an impostor. The man confesses that the real Dr. Edwardes is dead and fears he may have killed him, but cannot recall anything. Dr. Peterson, however is convinced his impostor is innocent of the man's murder, and joins him on a quest to unravel his amnesia through psychoanalysis.
Cast
Ingrid BergmanDr. Constance Petersen
Gregory PeckJohn Ballantine
Michael ChekhovDr. Alexander Brulov
Leo G. CarrollDr. Murchison
Rhonda FlemingMary Carmichael
John EmeryDr. Fleurot
Norman LloydMr. Garmes
Bill GoodwinHouse Detective
Steven GerayDr. Graff
Donald CurtisHarry
Wallace FordStranger in Hotel Lobby
Art BakerDet. Lt. Cooley
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Regis ToomeyDet. Sgt. Gillespie
Paul HarveyDr. Hanish
Jean AckerMatron (uncredited)
Irving BaconRailway Gateman (uncredited)
Richard BartellTicket Taker (uncredited)
Harry BrownGateman (uncredited)
Joel DavisJohn Ballantine as a Boy (uncredited)
Jacqueline deWitNurse (uncredited)
Edward FieldingDr. Anthony Edwardes (uncredited)
Alfred HitchcockMan Leaving Elevator (uncredited)
Teddy InfuhrJohn Ballantine's Brother (uncredited)
Victor KilianSheriff (uncredited)
George MeaderHallett - Railroad Clerk (uncredited)
Matt MoorePoliceman at Train Station (uncredited)
Constance PurdyDr. Brulov's Housekeeper (uncredited)
Addison RichardsPolice Captain (uncredited)
Erskine SanfordDr. Galt (uncredited)
Janet ScottNorma Cramer (uncredited)
Clarence StraightSecretary at Police Station (uncredited)
Dave WillockBellboy (uncredited)
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