The Snake Pit

1948 PG-13 1h 48m

7.1 / 10 117

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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.

Director Anatole Litvak

Writers

Frank Partos Mary Jane Ward Millen Brand

Stars

Olivia de Havilland Mark Stevens Leo Genn

Miss Bixby (uncredited)

Lora Lee Michel

Six-Year-Old Virginia (uncredited)

Damian O'Flynn

Mr. Stuart (uncredited)

Ann Doran

Valerie (uncredited)

Esther Somers

Nurse Vance (uncredited)

Jacqueline deWit

Celia Sommerville (uncredited)

Betsy Blair

Hester (uncredited)

Lela Bliss

Miss Greene (uncredited)

Queenie Smith

Lola (uncredited)

Virginia Brissac

Miss Seiffert (uncredited)

Grayce Hampton

Inmate Countess (uncredited)

Mary Treen

Nurse Jones (uncredited)

Dorothy Neumann

Champion (uncredited)

Jan Clayton

Singing Inmate (uncredited)

Marie Blake

Asylum Patient (uncredited)

Victoria Horne

Asylum Patient (uncredited)

Doro Merande

Asylum Patient (uncredited)

Barbara Pepper

Asylum Patient (uncredited)

Two-Year-Old Virginia (uncredited)

Greek Patient (uncredited)

Drama Mystery

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John Chard 2 Nov 2013

9/10

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 Crai...