The Snake Pit

The Snake Pit

108 mins | Drama, Mystery | Nov. 4, 1948

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.

The Snake Pit

108 mins | Drama, Mystery | Nov. 4, 1948

The Snake Pit
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.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title The Snake Pit
Directors Anatole Litvak
Writers Mary Jane Ward, Millen Brand, Frank Partos

Cast

Olivia de Havilland

as Virginia Stuart Cunningham

Mark Stevens

as Robert Cunningham

Leo Genn

as Doctor Mark H. Van Kensdelaerik (Dr. "Kik")

Celeste Holm

as Grace

Glenn Langan

as Doctor Terry

Helen Craig

as Nurse Davis

Leif Erickson

as Gordon

Beulah Bondi

as Mrs. Greer

Lee Patrick

as Asylum Inmate

Howard Freeman

as Dr. Curtis

Natalie Schafer

as Mrs. Stuart

Ruth Donnelly

as Ruth

Katherine Locke

as Margaret

Frank Conroy

as Dr. Jonathan Gifford

Minna Gombell

as Miss Hart

June Storey

as Miss Bixby

Lora Lee Michel

as Virginia - Age 6

Damian O'Flynn

as Mr. Stuart

Ann Doran

as Valerie

Esther Somers

as Nurse Vance

Jacqueline deWit

as Celia Sommerville

Betsy Blair

as Hester

Lela Bliss

as Miss Greene

Queenie Smith

as Lola

Virginia Brissac

as Miss Seiffert

Grayce Hampton

as Inmate Countess

Mary Treen

as Nurse Jones

Dorothy Neumann

as Champion - Miss Neumann

Jan Clayton

as Singing Inmate

Marie Blake

as Asylum Patient (uncredited)

Victoria Horne

as Asylum Patient (uncredited)

Doro Merande

as Asylum Patient (uncredited)

Barbara Pepper

as Asylum Patient (uncredited)

Wanda Perry

as Nurse (uncredited)

Vicky Albright

as Virginia - Age 2 (uncredited)

Jean Andren

as Nurse (uncredited)

Sylvia Andrew

as Patient (uncredited)

Angela Clarke

as Greek Patient (uncredited)