The Snake Pit.
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✎ Suggest a correctionA semi-documentary study of the treatment of the insane. A young woman loses her mind, is committed to a state institution, and eventually is released as cured.
Virginia Cunningham is an apparently schizophrenic inmate at a mental institution called the Juniper Hill State Hospital. She hears voices and seems so out of touch with reality that she doesn’t recognize her husband Robert. The film includes many flashbacks, including her earlier failed engagement to Gordon (Leif Erickson) as well as childhood issues.
Virginia Cunningham is an apparently schizophrenic inmate at a mental institution called the Juniper Hill State Hospital. She hears voices and seems so out of touch with reality that she doesn’t recognize her husband Robert. The film includes many flashbacks, including her earlier failed engagement to Gordon (Leif Erickson) as well as childhood issues.
Credits
- Cast
- Olivia de Havilland, Leo Genn
Copyright
© Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 4Nov48; LP2124.
Complete catalog record
THE SNAKE PIT. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1948. 108 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the novel by Mary Jane Ward. Summary: A semi-documentary study of the treatment of the insane. A young woman loses her mind, is committed to a state institution, and eventually is released as cured. Credits: Producers, Anatole Litvak, Robert Bassler; director, Anatole Litvak; screenplay, Frank Partos, Millen Brand; music director, Alfred Newman; editor, Dorothy Spencer. Cast: Olivia de Haviland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, Celeste Holm, Glenn Langan. © Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 4Nov48; LP2124.
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