The Snake Pit

Synopsis

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.

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Top of the call sheet

• 
  Olivia de Havilland
  as Virginia Cunningham
• 
  Mark Stevens
  as Robert Cunningham
• 
  Leo Genn
  as Mark Kik
• 
  Celeste Holm
  as Grace
• 
  Glenn Langan
  as Dr. Terry
• 
  Helen Craig
  as Nurse Davis

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