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Rating: 7.5 stars

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twilight time black and white nervous breakdown institutionalized psychoanalysis

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The Snake Pit (1948)

Directed by Anatole Litvak

Drama | Mystery

Overview

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.

Length 108 minutes

Actors

Olivia de Havilland | Mark Stevens | Leo Genn | Celeste Holm | Glenn Langan | Helen Craig | Leif Erickson | Beulah Bondi | Lee Patrick | Howard Freeman | Natalie Schafer | Ruth Donnelly | Katherine Locke | Frank Conroy | Minna Gombell | June Storey | Lora Lee Michel | Damian O'Flynn | Ann Doran | Esther Somers | Jacqueline deWit | Betsy Blair | Lela Bliss | Queenie Smith | Virginia Brissac | Grayce Hampton | Mary Treen | Dorothy Neumann | Jan Clayton | Marie Blake | Victoria Horne | Doro Merande | Barbara Pepper | Wanda Perry | Vicky Albright | Jean Andren | Sylvia Andrew | Angela Clarke

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Great performance by de Havilland in the lead role as a commitment-phobic woman who has a nervous breakdown and ends up institutionalized.

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