The Snake Pit
1948
Married and in love... with a man she didn't know or want!
Directed by Anatole Litvak
User Rating
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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.
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- Director
- Anatole Litvak
- Written by
- Mary Jane Ward, Frank Partos, Millen Brand
- Produced by
- Anatole Litvak, Robert Bassler
- Composer
- Alfred Newman
- Cinematographer
- Leo Tover
- Editor
- Dorothy Spencer
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Language
- en
- TMDB
- 7.1/10 (117 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 100% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 76/100
- IMDb
- 7.6/10 (8,803 votes)
Awards
- NominatedAcademy Award— Best Picture(1949)
- NominatedAcademy Award— Best Director(1949)
- NominatedAcademy Award— Best Adapted Screenplay(1949)
Cast
Olivia de Havilland
Virginia Cunningham
Mark Stevens
Robert Cunningham
Leo Genn
Mark Kik
Celeste Holm
Grace
Glenn Langan
Dr. 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
Jonathan Gifford
Minna Gombell
Miss Hart
June Storey
Miss Bixby (uncredited)
Lora Lee Michel
Six-Year-Old Virginia (uncredited)
Damian O'Flynn
Mr. Stuart (uncredited)
