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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Directed by | John Harlow |
Written by | Miles Malleson |
Based on | The Necromancers 1909 novel by Robert Hugh Benson |
Produced by | R. Murray-Leslie |
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Cinematography |
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Edited by | Frederick Wilson |
Music by | Walter Goehr |
Production company | Pyramid Amalgamated |
Distributed by | Producers Releasing Corporation (U.S.) |
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Running time | 82 min |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Premise
editA 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
edit- Derek Farr ... Laurie Baxter
- Vera Lindsay ... Diana Hilton
- Hay Petrie ... Mr. Cathcart
- Felix Aylmer ... Mr. Morton
- Frederick Leister ... Mr. Vincent
- Marian Spencer ... Mrs. Stapleton
- Diana King ... Amy Nugent
- W.G. Fay ... Johnnie
- Winifred Davis ... Mrs. Baxter
- Enid Hewit ... Lady Laura Bethel
- Gibb McLaughlin ... Gibb
- Cameron Hall ... Mr. Nugent
- Irene Handl ... Mrs. Nugent
- Hannen Swaffer ... Himself
References
editExternal links
edit- Spellbound at IMDb
- Spellbound at AllMovie
- Video on YouTube