hitchcock at war: shadow of a doubt, wartime propaganda, and the director as star

There’s something odd about Edwardes, though.

(One of the funniest moments of the film occurs when Peck offers Bergman her choice of ham or liverwurst sandwiches during their walk, and she looks away dreamily and says, “Liverwurst.”) Edwardes arouses suspicion, though, when he blows off his first afternoon at Green Manors to go on a walk with Peterson. He’s tall, young, good looking, and a bit mysterious, and she can’t resist him. And from the moment she lays eyes on Edwardes, a fire is lit within Peterson. Of course, he wants her to fall for him, but she isn’t at all interested. Peterson’s colleague admires her skills as a psychologist, but says that she’s too cold, and that she can never be truly effective until she’s known love. Murchison has been asked to leave by the board of directors after he had a breakdown, and his replacement is a Dr. Constance Peterson (Bergman) is fretting over the imminent departure of her boss, Dr. The story begins at a sanitorium, Green Manors, where Dr. That said, the good qualities of “Spellbound” do outweigh the bad. Selznick’s demands resulted in a not very pleasant filmmaking experience for Hitchcock, and a somewhat disjointed and trite movie.

It was his first film since “ Rebecca” to be released by Selznick International Pictures, and David O. If Alfred Hitchcock sounds less than enthusiastic about “Spellbound,” his 1945 film starring Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck, it’s with good reason. The whole thing’s too complicated, and I found the explanations toward the end very confusing.” - Alfred Hitchcock

“It’s just another manhunt story wrapped up in pseudo-psychoanalysis.

Hitchcock at war: shadow of a doubt, wartime propaganda, and the director as star