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Bewitched (Warner Archive) (1945)
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| Starring: | Phyllis Thaxter, Edmund Gwenn, Henry H. Daniels Jr., Addison Richards, Kathleen Lockhart, Francis Pierlot, Sharon McManus, Gladys Blake, Will Wright, Stephen McNally, Oscar O'Shea, Minor Watson, Virginia Brissac |
| Director: | Arch Oboler |
| Genre: | Film Noir, Mystery/Thriller |
| Year: | 1945 |
| Studio: | Warner Home Video |
| Length: | 65 minutes |
| Released: | May 15, 2012 |
| Rating: | NR |
| Format: | DVD |
| Misc: | NTSC, Full Screen, Black & White |
| Language: | English (Original Language) |
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SYNOPSIS:Only Joan (Phyllis Thaxter) knows the real reason she fainted at her engagement party and suddenly deserts her fiancé, Bob (Henry H. Daniels, Jr.). It’s the command of the sinister, vengeful “Karen,” a terrifying alternate personality raging inside Joan who will ultimately direct her to kill. Not even the psychiatrist (Edmund Gwenn) who discovers her fate can stop the tormenting voice that controls Joan’s every move – forcing her to run, to hide, to plot and to murder.
Writer/director Arch Oboler, who adapted his successful radio play into this shocking thriller, keeps the suspense taut and the action filled with unexpected twists as Joan’s murder trial unfolds before a mesmerized courtroom.
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There are 1 reviews for this movie |
  | Greg | | This is a splendid, noirish B-movie quickie written and directed by Arch Oboler, the main man of the "Lights Out" radio dramas, where the story premiered. Dave Kehr in the NY Times points out that Hitchcock almost surely drew inspiration from the split-personality theme for Psycho. It's well-cast, with Edmund Gwenn as the shrink, the only person who understands that "two people can co-exist in one body." It was 1945 and people were getting their Freud with their popcorn. |
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