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Spellbound

1945 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock
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Spellbound
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Summary

Spellbound is a film[1]. Spellbound ranks in the top 0.28% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,865 views/month, #261 of 94,065).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score[3]
  • Director: Alfred Hitchcock[4]
  • Screenwriter: Angus MacPhail[5], Ben Hecht[6], John Palmer[7], Hilary Saint George Saunders[8]
  • Composer: Miklós Rózsa[9]
  • Genre: mystery film[10], film noir[11], drama film[12], romance film[13], psychological thriller film[14], thriller film[15], psychological drama film[16]
  • Cast member: Ingrid Bergman[17], Gregory Peck[18], Michael Chekhov[19], Leo G. Carroll[20], Rhonda Fleming[21], Norman Lloyd[22], Wallace Ford[23], Steven Geray[24], Irving Bacon[25], Jacqueline deWit[26], Jean Acker[27], John Emery[28], Paul Harvey[29], Regis Toomey[30]
  • Producer: David O. Selznick[31]
  • Production company: Selznick International Pictures[32]
  • Director of photography: George Barnes[33]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[34]
  • Commons category: Spellbound (1945 film)[35]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[36]
  • Review score: 7.2/10[37], 86%[38], 78/100[39], 7.5/10[40]
  • Color: black-and-white[41]
  • Country of origin: United States[42]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1945[43], December 28, 1945[44], February 28, 1946[45]
  • Distributed by: United Artists[46], Netflix[47]
  • Narrative location: New York[48]
  • Main subject: amnesia[49]
  • Film editor: William H. Ziegler[50]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture[51], Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor[52], Academy Award for Best Director[53], Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White[54], Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score[55]

Why It Matters

Spellbound has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] Spellbound is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]

FAQs

What awards did Spellbound receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score[3].

Related Entities

Alfred Hitchcock Ben Hecht David O. Selznick film Gregory Peck Ingrid Bergman Jean Acker Michael Chekhov Miklós Rózsa Netflix New York Norman Lloyd Rhonda Fleming United States

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [56] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [57] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 46255
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  4. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Screenwriter → Angus MacPhail, Ben Hecht, John Palmer +1
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