The Snake Pit
1948 · ★ 7.2 · Dir. Anatole Litvak
Married and in love... with a man she didn't know or want!
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.
- Released
- 1948-11-04
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Language
- EN
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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
Keywords
Mental illnessBased on memoir or autobiographyMemory lossChicago, illinoisFlashbackAsylumMental hospitalSchizophreniaDoctor patient relationshipBlack and whiteShock treatmentElectro shock
