The Snake Pit

Plot

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 treat... read more

  • Anatole Litvak

    Director

  • Frank Partos

    Screenplay

  • Millen Brand

    Screenplay

  • Mary Jane Ward

    Novel

  • Leo Tover

    Director of Photography

  • Dorothy Spencer

    Editor

  • 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)

  • Runtime

    108 minutes

    Released

    1948-11-04

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    20th Century Fox

    Sound

  • Alfred Newman

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    426 days ago

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