2 Movies Starring Leo G. Carroll

Spellbound

Spellbound

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1945-12-28

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (30640 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Ben Hecht (screen play)

Frances Beeding (suggested by novel: "The House of Dr. Edwardes")

Angus MacPhail (adaptation)

Fullplot:

The head of the Green Manors mental asylum Dr. Murchison is retiring to be replaced by Dr. Edwardes, a famous psychiatrist. Edwardes arrives and is immediately attracted to the beautiful but cold Dr. Constance Petersen. However, it soon becomes apparent that Dr. Edwardes is in fact a paranoid amnesiac impostor. He goes on the run with Constance who tries to help his condition and solve the mystery of what happened to the real Dr. Edwardes.

Strangers on a Train

Strangers on a Train

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1951-06-30

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (86343 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Raymond Chandler (screen play)

Czenzi Ormonde (screen play)

Whitfield Cook (adaptation)

Patricia Highsmith (from the novel by)

Fullplot:

Bruno Anthony thinks he has the perfect plot to rid himself of his hated father and when he meets tennis player Guy Haines on a train, he thinks he's found the partner he needs to pull it off. His plan is relatively simple. Two strangers each agree to kill someone the other person wants disposed of. For example, Guy could kill his father and he could get rid of Guy's wife Miriam, freeing him to marry Anne Morton, the beautiful daughter of a U.S. Senator. Guy dismisses it all out of hand but but Bruno goes ahead with his half of the 'bargain' and disposes of Miriam. When Guy balks, Bruno makes it quite clear that he will plant evidence to implicate Guy in her murder if he doesn't get rid of his father. Guy had also made some unfortunate statements about Miriam after she had refused him a divorce. It all leads the police to believe Guy is responsible for the murder, forcing him to deal with Bruno's mad ravings.

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