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