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The Snake Pit( 1948)

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Married and in love... with a man she didn't know or want!

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Olivia de Havilland

      Virginia Stuart Cunningham

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      Mark Stevens

      Robert Cunningham

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      Leo Genn

      Doctor Mark H. Van Kensdelaerik (Dr. "Kik")

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      Celeste Holm

      Grace

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      Glenn Langan

      Doctor Terry

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      Helen Craig

      Nurse Davis

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      Leif Erickson

      Gordon

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      Beulah Bondi

      Mrs. Greer

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      Lee Patrick

      Asylum Inmate

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      Howard Freeman

      Dr. Curtis

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      Natalie Schafer

      Mrs. Stuart

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      Ruth Donnelly

      Ruth

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      Katherine Locke

      Margaret

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      Frank Conroy

      Dr. Jonathan Gifford

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      Minna Gombell

      Miss Hart

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      June Storey

      Miss Bixby

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      Lora Lee Michel

      Virginia - Age 6

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      Damian O'Flynn

      Mr. Stuart

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      Ann Doran

      Valerie

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      Esther Somers

      Nurse Vance

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      Jacqueline deWit

      Celia Sommerville

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      Betsy Blair

      Hester

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      Lela Bliss

      Miss Greene

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      Queenie Smith

      Lola

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      Virginia Brissac

      Miss Seiffert

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      Grayce Hampton

      Inmate Countess

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      Mary Treen

      Nurse Jones

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      Dorothy Neumann

      Champion - Miss Neumann

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      Jan Clayton

      Singing Inmate

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      Marie Blake

      Asylum Patient (uncredited)

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      Victoria Horne

      Asylum Patient (uncredited)

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      Doro Merande

      Asylum Patient (uncredited)

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      Barbara Pepper

      Asylum Patient (uncredited)

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      Wanda Perry

      Nurse (uncredited)

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      Vicky Albright

      Virginia - Age 2 (uncredited)

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      Jean Andren

      Nurse (uncredited)

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      Sylvia Andrew

      Patient (uncredited)

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      Angela Clarke

      Greek Patient (uncredited)

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Sat Nov 02 2013
    I'll tell you where it's gonna end, Miss Somerville... When there are more sick ones than well ones, the sick ones will lock the well ones up. The Snake Pit is directed by Anatole Litvak and adapted to screenplay by Frank Partos, Millen Brand and Arthur Laurents from the novel written by Mary Jane Ward. It stars Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, Celeste Holm, Glenn Langan, Helen Craig, Leif Erickson and Beulah Bondi. Music is by Alfred Newman and cinematography by Leo Tover. Olivia de Havilland plays Virginia Stuart Cunningham, and film chronicles Virgina's time and treatment i...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • chicago, illinois
    • schizophrenia
    • asylum
    • flashback
    • memory loss
    • black and white
    • based on memoir or autobiography
    • mental illness
    • doctor patient relationship
    • electro shock
    • mental hospital
    • shock treatment