Bewitched (1945 film)
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5/10 Letterboxd Genre Crime, Drama, Film-Noir Country United States | 5.4/10 IMDb Music director Bronislaw Kaper Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date July 4, 1945 (1945-07-04) (United States) Writer Arch Oboler (adaptation), Arch Oboler (story) Cast (Joan Alris Ellis), (Dr. Bergson), Henry H. Daniels Jr. (Bob Arnold), (John Ellis), (Mrs. Ellis), (Dr. George Wilton)Similar movies The Big Sleep , The Asphalt Jungle , Detour , Double Indemnity , They Live by Night , Notorious Tagline SHE LIVED TWO AMAZING LIVES! Darling of Society... Cruel Love-Killer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
During her engagement party, Joan Ellis (Phyllis Thaxter) hears the voice of another personality called Karen within her. Karen forces Joan to leave her fiance, Bob Arnold (Henry H. Daniels Jr.), and move to New York. There she meets lawyer Eric Russell (Stephen McNally), whom she falls for, but again Karen compels her to flee. When she returns to Bob, Karen takes control and murders him. Joans fate then hinges upon Dr. Bergson (Edmund Gwenn) being able to uncover her illness.
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Bewitched is a 1945 American film noir directed and written by Arch Oboler. The drama features Phyllis Thaxter and Edmund Gwenn.
A girl enlists a psychic to get rid of her murderous alternate personality.
Plot
On the eve of her engagement, a demure young woman becomes the victim of a split personality and murders her fiance.
Cast
Critical reception
When the film was first released, the staff at Variety magazine liked the film, and wrote, "Produced on a low budget, with a sterling cast of actors actors, this picture just oozes with class because of the excellent adaptation and direction it has been given by radios Arch Oboler, author of the story, "Alter Ego", on which the film is based. Climax follows climax, strong performance follows strong performance in this thrilling psychopathic study of a girl obsessed by an inner voice that drives her to murder."
References
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