Spellbound (1941 film)
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Directed by | John Harlow |
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Produced by | R. Murray-Leslie |
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Edited by | Frederick Wilson |
Music by | Walter Goehr |
Production company | Pyramid Amalgamated |
Distributed by | Producers Releasing Corporation (US) |
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Running time | 82 min |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Spellbound (1941) is a British drama film directed by John Harlow. The film is based on the 1909 novel The Necromancers by Robert Hugh Benson.[1] The film was released in the US in 1945 under the titles of Ghost Story and The Spell of Amy Nugent to avoid confusion with Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound, released later in 1945.
Premise[]
A young man is distraught after losing his fiancée to a terminal illness. He soon becomes involved with a group of spiritualists in order to contact her. This leads to a frightening series of events.
Cast[]
- Derek Farr ... Laurie Baxter
- Vera Lindsay ... Diana Hilton
- Hay Petrie ... Mr. Cathcart
- Felix Aylmer ... Mr. Morton
- Frederick Leister ... Mr. Vincent
- Marian Spencer ... Mrs. Stapleton
- Diana King ... Amy Nugent
- W.G. Fay ... Johnnie
- Winifred Davis ... Mrs. Baxter
- Enid Hewit ... Lady Laura Bethel
- Gibb McLaughlin ... Gibb
- Cameron Hall ... Mr. Nugent
- Irene Handl ... Mrs. Nugent
- Hannen Swaffer ... Himself
References[]
External links[]
- Spellbound at IMDb
- Spellbound at AllMovie
- Video on YouTube
Categories:
- 1941 films
- English-language films
- British films
- 1941 drama films
- Films directed by John Harlow
- British black-and-white films
- Films based on British novels
- British drama films
- 1940s British film stubs