The Snake Pit (1948)
1h 48m
Running Time
November 4, 1948Release Date
The Snake Pit (1948)
1h 48m
Running Time
November 4, 1948Release Date
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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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Cast & Crew.
Olivia de Havilland
Virginia Stuart Cunningham
Mark Stevens
Robert Cunningham
Leo Genn
Doctor Mark H. Van Kensdelaerik (Dr. 'Kik')
Celeste Holm
Grace
Glenn Langan
Doctor Terry
Helen Craig
Nurse Davis
Leif Erickson
Gordon
Beulah Bondi
Mrs. Greer
Lee Patrick
Asylum Inmate
Howard Freeman
Dr. Curtis
Natalie Schafer
Mrs. Stuart
Ruth Donnelly
Ruth
Katherine Locke
Margaret
Frank Conroy
Dr. Jonathan Gifford
Minna Gombell
Miss Hart
June Storey
Miss Bixby
Lora Lee Michel
Virginia - Age 6
Damian O'Flynn
Mr. Stuart
Ann Doran
Valerie
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)
Doro Merande
Asylum Patient (uncredited)
Barbara Pepper
Asylum Patient (uncredited)
Wanda Perry
Nurse (uncredited)
Vicky Albright
Virginia - Age 2 (uncredited)
Jean Andren
Nurse (uncredited)
Sylvia Andrew
Patient (uncredited)
Angela Clarke
Greek Patient (uncredited)
Leo Tover
Director of Photography
Dorothy Spencer
Editor
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This Movie Is About.
schizophrenia
chicago
asylum
flashback
memory loss
based on memoir or autobiography
mental illness
doctor patient relationship
electro shock
mental hospital
shock treatment
black and white
Wiki.
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).
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