Spellbound (1941 film)

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Spellbound
Directed by John Harlow
Written by Miles Malleson
Based onThe Necromancers
1909 novel
by Robert Hugh Benson
Produced byR. Murray-Leslie
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byFrederick Wilson
Music by Walter Goehr
Production
company
Pyramid Amalgamated
Distributed by Producers Releasing Corporation (U.S.)
Release dates
  • 10 May 1941 (1941-05-10)(UK)
  • 10 February 1945 (1945-02-10)(U.S.)
Running time
82 min
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Spellbound, (AKA ' Passing Clouds '), (1941), is a British drama film directed by John Harlow. The film is based on the 1909 novel The Necromancers by Robert Hugh Benson. [1] The film was released in the US in 1945 under the titles of Ghost Story and The Spell of Amy Nugent to avoid confusion with Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound , released later in 1945.

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Premise

A young man is distraught after losing his fiancée to a terminal illness. He soon becomes involved with a group of spiritualists in order to contact her. This leads to a frightening series of events.

Cast

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References

  1. "Catholic Herald - Archives".