Spellbound

Spellbound (1941) is a British drama film directed by John Harlow. The film is based on the 1909 novel The Necromancers by Robert Hugh Benson. 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. 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 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