Bewitched (1945)
Genre: Filmnoir / Thriller
Duration: 65 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Arch Oboler
Starst: Phyllis Thaxter, Edmund Gwenn and Henry H. Daniels Jr.
IMDb score:
5,6 (759)
Releasedate: 4 July 1945
Bewitched plot
"SHE LIVED TWO AMAZING LIVES! Darling of Society... Cruel Love-Killer"
Shortly before she gets married, young woman Joan Alris Ellis hears a voice in her head. She flees her small town in the midwestern United States to New York, hoping to get rid of that voice, and she soon has an affair with lawyer Eric Russell. But now she is again bothered by that voice in her head, which even tells her to kill Eric. On the eve of the murder, psychiatrist Dr. Bergson to Joan that she suffers from split personality. For Eric's survival, it will be decisive which personality will prevail in Joan.
Actors and actresses
Joan Alris Ellis
Dr. Bergson
Bob Arnold
John Ellis
Mrs. Ellis
Dr. George Wilton
Small Girl
Glenda
Mr. Herkheimer
Eric Russell (as Horace McNally)
Reviews & comments
Bobbejaantje
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- 2334 messages
- 2105 votes
Psychological thriller in which a mentally ill woman battles an inner demon. Well acted by Phyllis Taxter, who even gave me goosebumps at a certain point in the finale. Also an excellent role from Doctor Edmund Gwenn who takes on the (unspoken) role of a kind of scientific exorcist.
It is a good script, with the caveat that not much space is given to developing the side characters. The film only lasts a little longer than a duration. At that time you will nevertheless be presented with beautiful visuals that play with light and shadow.
Thematically, it is a progressive film for the Hollywood of that time, where they do not opt for the (rather obvious) horror genre but thriller/drama.
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clubsport
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- 3961 messages
- 7046 votes
nice thriller in which a woman who suffers from a split personality commits murder on her boyfriend.
the theme was probably still new, but the effect is quite entertaining despite the short playing time and the simplification of the finale.
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