Spellbound (1945) – Filming Locations
Thriller / Mystery / Romance · Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · Starring Gregory Peck, Ingrid Bergman
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.
Where was Spellbound filmed?
- New York, United States, New York – Dr. Constance Pettigrew arrives at the station to meet Dr. Murchison. The iconic Manhattan terminal establishes the film's New York setting and provides a public backdrop for early character encounters
- New York, United States, New York – Constance and J.B. walk through Manhattan streets discussing the case. New York City streets provide the urban backdrop for the protagonists' movement through the city during the investigation
- Montauk, United States, Montauk – The climactic confrontation between J.B. and Dr. Murchison at the lighthouse overlooking the ocean. The remote Long Island lighthouse provides the dramatic seaside setting for the film's tense finale with its distinctive architecture and cliff backdrop