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Alfred Hitchcock
Director -
Ben Hecht
Screenplay -
Miklós Rózsa
Original Music Composer -
Charles Barton
Second Unit Director -
Salvador Dalí
Art Direction -
Angus MacPhail
Screenplay -
David O. Selznick
Producer -
James Basevi
Art Direction
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barrymost 6/23/2021 3:58:26 PM
This intriguing little crime/thriller from the great Alfred Hitchcock isn't half bad. It's a more unusual Hitch effort, but the story has plenty of twists and turns to keep interest. Ingrid plays a kindhearted psychologist who falls in love with the new doctor at the asylum where she's working, but he may not be all that he seems. I'm sorry, Ms. Bergman; it looks like you've fallen in love with a psycho.
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CinemaSerf 7/1/2022 7:55:33 PM
When Leo G. Carroll ("Dr. Murchison") steps down as director of the "Green Manors" - a centre for psychoanalysis, he is replaced by Gregory Peck ("Dr. Edwardes") who immediately attracts the attention - romantic and professional - of Ingrid Bergman ("Dr. Petersen") who quickly discovers that he has quite a secret. Together they must work speedily to unravel a mystery of memory and murder before the authorities come to their own conclusions. This isn't my favourite Hitchcock thriller - Peck hasn't quite got the charisma or intensity the part required and though Bergman is beautiful; she is still just a little too stilted, unnatural even. The plot, however is complex and intriguing dealing with a traditional crime-noir subject in a far more cerebral manner. Miklós Rósza's Oscar winning score adds much of the menace to this and the pace smoulders nicely to a suitably thoughtful conclusion. I know Peck was David O. Selznick's golden boy at this point, but I cannot help but think he let's the thing down a bit; perhaps Hitch should have cast a more characterful lead? Great stuff, nonetheless though - certainly worth a watch.
Alfred Hitchcock
Man Leaving Elevator (uncredited)Gregory Peck
John BallantineIngrid Bergman
Dr. Constance PetersenRhonda Fleming
Mary CarmichaelNorman Lloyd
Mr. GarmesRegis Toomey
Det. Sgt. GillespieIrving Bacon
Railway Gateman (uncredited)Leo G. Carroll
Dr. Murchison