The Snake Pit
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The Snake Pit

(1948)Directed by Anatole Litvak108 minDrama, Mystery
“Married and in love... with a man she didn't know or want!”

Virginia Cunningham (Olivia de Havilland) finds herself in a mental hospital with no memory of how she got there, and she cannot recognize her own husband, Robert (Mark Stevens). Anatole Litvak follows her treatment under Dr. Mark Kik (Leo Genn), as flashbacks start to show what may have broken her. Kik is the one person there determined to find the root of it, and she has to decide whether to trust him.

Olivia de Havillandas Virginia Cunningham
Mark Stevensas Robert Cunningham
Leo Gennas Mark Kik
Celeste Holmas Grace
Glenn Langanas Dr. Terry
Helen Craigas Nurse Davis
Leif Ericksonas Gordon
Beulah Bondias Mrs. Greer
Lee Patrickas Asylum Inmate
Howard Freemanas Dr. Curtis
Natalie Schaferas Mrs. Stuart
Katherine Lockeas Margaret
Frank Conroyas Jonathan Gifford
Minna Gombellas Miss Hart
June Storeyas Miss Bixby (uncredited)
Lora Lee Michelas Six-Year-Old Virginia (uncredited)
Damian O'Flynnas Mr. Stuart (uncredited)
Ann Doranas Valerie (uncredited)
Esther Somersas Nurse Vance (uncredited)
Jacqueline deWitas Celia Sommerville (uncredited)
Betsy Blairas Hester (uncredited)
Lela Blissas Miss Greene (uncredited)
Queenie Smithas Lola (uncredited)