Director: Anatole Litvak

Writers: Frank Partos; Millen Brand

From novel: The Snake Pit by Mary Jane Ward

Music: Alfred Newman

Producers: Anatole Litvak; Robert Bassler

Keywords: Drama, Insane Asylum

Virginia Stuart suffers a nervous breakdown and receives many months of confinement at a 1940s era mental institution, the horrors of which include electric shock treatment. Among the best performances of Olivia De Havilland's career. Won an Oscar for Best Sound Recording; received additional nominations for Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Dramatic Score.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Betsy Blair	Actor	11-Dec-1923	13-Mar-2009	Marty
Beulah Bondi	Actor	3-May-1888	1-Jan-1981	Make Way for Tomorrow
Jan Clayton	Actor	26-Aug-1917	28-Aug-1983	Ellen Miller on Lassie
Frank Conroy	Actor	14-Oct-1890	24-Feb-1964	The Ox-Bow Incident
Olivia de Havilland	Actor	1-Jul-1916		Gone With the Wind
Ruth Donnelly	Actor	17-May-1896	17-Nov-1982	A Slight Case of Murder
Ann Doran	Actor	28-Jul-1911	19-Sep-2000	Rio Grande
Leif Erickson	Actor	27-Oct-1911	29-Jan-1986	The High Chaparral
Howard Freeman	Actor	9-Dec-1899	11-Dec-1967	Theatre and character actor
Leo Genn	Actor	9-Aug-1905	26-Jan-1978	Quo Vadis
Minna Gombell	Actor	28-May-1892	14-Apr-1973	Block-Heads
Celeste Holm	Actor	29-Apr-1917	15-Jul-2012	Gentleman's Agreement
Glenn Langan	Actor	8-Jul-1917	19-Jan-1991	The Amazing Colossal Man
Lee Patrick	Actor	22-Nov-1901	21-Nov-1982	Henrietta Topper on Topper
Natalie Schafer	Actor	5-Nov-1900	10-Apr-1991	Mrs. Howell on Gilligan's Island
Mark Stevens	Actor	13-Dec-1916	15-Sep-1994	The Snake Pit
June Storey	Actor	20-Apr-1918	18-Dec-1991	In Old Chicago

CAST

Olivia de Havilland	...   Virginia Stuart Cunningham
also starring
Mark Stevens	...   Robert Cunningham
Leo Genn	...   Doctor Mark Kik
with
Celeste Holm	...   Grace
Glenn Langan	...   Doctor Terry
and
Helen Craig	...   Nurse Davis
Leif Erickson	...   Gordon
Beulah Bondi	...   Mrs. Greer
Lee Patrick	...   Asylum Inmate
Howard Freeman	...   Dr. Curtis
Natalie Schafer	...   Mrs. Stuart
Ruth Donnelly	...   Ruth
Katherine Locke	...   Margaret
Frank Conroy	...   Dr. Jonathan Gifford
Minna Gombell	...   Miss Hart

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