The Snake Pit (1948)
1h 48m
Running Time
November 4, 1948Release Date
The Snake Pit (1948)
1h 48m
Running Time
November 4, 1948Release Date
Plot.
Virginia Cunningham is confused upon finding herself in a mental hospital, with no memory of her arrival at the institution. Tormented by delusions and unable to even recognize her husband, Robert, she is treated by Dr. Mark Kik, who is determined to get to the root of her mental illness. As her treatment progresses, flashbacks depict events in Virginia's life that may have contributed to her instability.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Olivia de Havilland
Virginia Stuart Cunningham
Mark Stevens
Robert Cunningham
Leo Genn
Dr. Mark Kik
Celeste Holm
Grace
Glenn Langan
Dr. Terry
Helen Craig
Nurse Davis
Leif Erickson
Gordon
Beulah Bondi
Mrs. Greer
Lee Patrick
Asylum Inmate
Arthur Laurents
Writer
Howard Freeman
Dr. Curtis
Natalie Schafer
Mrs. Stuart
Anatole Litvak
Director
Ruth Donnelly
Ruth
Frank Partos
Writer
Katherine Locke
Margaret
Millen Brand
Writer
Frank Conroy
Dr. Jonathan Gifford
Mary Jane Ward
Writer
Minna Gombell
Miss Hart
Robert Bassler
Producer
June Storey
Miss Bixby
Lora Lee Michel
Virginia - Age 6
Alfred Newman
Composer
Damian O'Flynn
Mr. Stuart
Leo Tover
Cinematographer
Ann Doran
Valerie
Dorothy Spencer
Editor
Esther Somers
Nurse Vance
Jacqueline deWit
Celia Sommerville
Betsy Blair
Hester
Lela Bliss
Miss Greene
Queenie Smith
Lola
Virginia Brissac
Miss Seiffert
Grayce Hampton
Inmate Countess
Mary Treen
Nurse Jones
Dorothy Neumann
Champion - Miss Neumann
Jan Clayton
Singing Inmate
Marie Blake
Asylum Patient (uncredited)
Victoria Horne
Asylum Patient (uncredited)
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The Snake Pit is a 1948 American psychological drama film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, Celeste Holm, Beulah Bondi, and Lee Patrick. Based on Mary Jane Ward's 1946 semi-autobiographical novel of the same name, the film recounts the tale of a woman who finds herself in an insane asylum and cannot remember how she got there.
The novel was adapted for the screen by Frank Partos and Millen Brand, in screen credits order, and Arthur Laurents (uncredited).