The Snake Pit

The Snake Pit (1948)

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

Drama Mystery

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.

star 7.1
  • Release Date: 1948-11-04
  • Runtime: 1h 48min
  • Director: Anatole Litvak

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • 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)

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