The Snake Pit
The Snake Pit
Release: 1948-11-04
·Runtime: 108m
·★ 7.1
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
20th Century Fox
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Cast
Celeste Holm
as Grace
Lee Patrick
as Asylum Inmate
Victoria Horne
as Asylum Patient (uncredited)
Sylvia Andrew
as Patient (uncredited)
June Storey
as Miss Bixby
Lela Bliss
as Miss Greene
Grayce Hampton
as Inmate Countess
Dorothy Neumann
as Champion - Miss Neumann
Beulah Bondi
as Mrs. Greer
Damian O'Flynn
as Mr. Stuart
Mary Treen
as Nurse Jones
Doro Merande
as Asylum Patient (uncredited)
Queenie Smith
as Lola
Leo Genn
as Doctor Mark H. Van Kensdelaerik (Dr. "Kik")
Glenn Langan
as Doctor Terry
Natalie Schafer
as Mrs. Stuart
Ruth Donnelly
as Ruth
Katherine Locke
as Margaret
Ann Doran
as Valerie
Esther Somers
as Nurse Vance
Olivia de Havilland
as Virginia Stuart Cunningham
Howard Freeman
as Dr. Curtis
Minna Gombell
as Miss Hart
Betsy Blair
as Hester
Marie Blake
as Asylum Patient (uncredited)
Angela Clarke
as Greek Patient (uncredited)
Leif Erickson
as Gordon
Barbara Pepper
as Asylum Patient (uncredited)
Frank Conroy
as Dr. Jonathan Gifford
Jacqueline deWit
as Celia Sommerville
Virginia Brissac
as Miss Seiffert
Jan Clayton
as Singing Inmate
Wanda Perry
as Nurse (uncredited)
Mark Stevens
as Robert Cunningham
Helen Craig
as Nurse Davis
Lora Lee Michel
as Virginia - Age 6
