Spellbound (1945)

Alfred Hitchcock's Best Picture Oscar nominee follows a psychiatrist protecting the identity of an amnesia patient accused of murder while attempting to recover his memory. Stars Academy Award-winning screen legends Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck.

Dr. Constance Petersen (Bergman) is a psychiatrist at Green Manors mental asylum. The head of Green Manors has just been replaced, with his replacement being the renowned Dr. Anthony Edwardes (Peck). Romance blossoms between Dr. Petersen and Dr. Edwards, but Dr. Edwards starts to show odd aversions and personality traits. It is discovered that he is an impostor, and amnesiac, and may have killed the real Dr. Edwardes. Dr. Petersen is determined to discover the truth through unlocking the secrets held in the impostor's mind, a process which potentially puts her and others' lives at risk.

Renowned surrealist artist Salvador Dalí designed a dream sequence featured in this film.

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