The Snake Pit

The Snake Pit (1948)

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

  • Genre: Drama, Mystery
  • Release Date: 1948-11-04
  • User Rating: 7.047/10 from 95 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 48min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: 20th Century Fox
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Anatole Litvak
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Summary

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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  • Olivia de Havilland

    as Virginia Stuart Cunningham
  • Mark Stevens

    as Robert Cunningham
  • Leo Genn

    as Doctor Mark H. Van Kensdelaerik (Dr. "Kik")
  • Celeste Holm

    as Grace
  • Glenn Langan

    as Doctor Terry
  • Helen Craig

    as Nurse Davis
  • Leif Erickson

    as Gordon
  • Beulah Bondi

    as Mrs. Greer
  • Lee Patrick

    as Asylum Inmate
  • Howard Freeman

    as Dr. Curtis
  • Natalie Schafer

    as Mrs. Stuart
  • Ruth Donnelly

    as Ruth
  • Katherine Locke

    as Margaret
  • Frank Conroy

    as Dr. Jonathan Gifford
  • Minna Gombell

    as Miss Hart
  • June Storey

    as Miss Bixby
  • Lora Lee Michel

    as Virginia - Age 6
  • Damian O'Flynn

    as Mr. Stuart
  • Ann Doran

    as Valerie
  • Esther Somers

    as Nurse Vance
  • Jacqueline deWit

    as Celia Sommerville
  • Betsy Blair

    as Hester
  • Lela Bliss

    as Miss Greene
  • Queenie Smith

    as Lola
  • Virginia Brissac

    as Miss Seiffert
  • Grayce Hampton

    as Inmate Countess
  • Mary Treen

    as Nurse Jones
  • Dorothy Neumann

    as Champion - Miss Neumann
  • Jan Clayton

    as Singing Inmate
  • Marie Blake

    as Asylum Patient (uncredited)
  • Victoria Horne

    as Asylum Patient (uncredited)
  • Doro Merande

    as Asylum Patient (uncredited)
  • Barbara Pepper

    as Asylum Patient (uncredited)
  • Wanda Perry

    as Nurse (uncredited)
  • Vicky Albright

    as Virginia - Age 2 (uncredited)
  • Jean Andren

    as Nurse (uncredited)
  • Sylvia Andrew

    as Patient (uncredited)
  • Angela Clarke

    as Greek Patient (uncredited)
Writing Millen Brand Screenplay
Editing Dorothy Spencer Editor
Production Anatole Litvak Producer
Production Darryl F. Zanuck Executive Producer
Directing Anatole Litvak Director
Writing Frank Partos Screenplay
Camera Leo Tover Director of Photography
Production Robert Bassler Producer
Writing Mary Jane Ward Novel
Sound Alfred Newman Original Music Composer
Art Ernest Lansing Set Decoration
Art Thomas Little Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Ben Nye Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Esperanza Corona Hairstylist
Costume & Make-Up Ernie Parks Makeup Artist
Production Raymond A. Klune Production Manager
Production Ben Silvey Production Manager

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