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A Balasaur Score of 78 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 86%, Metacritic 78/100. Scores higher than 71% of the 406 1940s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an impostor. The man confesses that the real Dr. Edwardes is dead and fears he may have killed him, but cannot recall anything. Dr. Peterson, however is convinced his impostor is innocent of the man's murder, and joins him on a quest to unravel his amnesia through psychoanalysis.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Metacritic78/100
1,009 audience votes
Key crew
- Alfred HitchcockDirector
- Ben HechtScreenplay
- Miklós RózsaOriginal Music Composer
- Angus MacPhailScreenplay
Cast
- Ingrid BergmanDr. Constance Petersen
- Gregory PeckJohn Ballantine
- Michael ChekhovDr. Alexander Brulov
- Leo G. CarrollDr. Murchison
- Rhonda FlemingMary Carmichael
- John EmeryDr. Fleurot
- Norman LloydMr. Garmes
- Bill GoodwinHouse Detective
- Steven GerayDr. Graff
- Donald CurtisHarry
- Wallace FordStranger in Hotel Lobby
- Art BakerDet. Lt. Cooley
Stills
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Themes
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