The Snake Pit (1948)


The Snake Pit
Release Date04 November 1948
TaglineMarried and in Love . . . with a Man She Didn't Know or Want!
GenreDrama, Mystery
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassPsychological Drama
MoodOnly Human
ThemesDoctors and Patients, Mental Illness
TonesTense, Forceful, Grim, Disturbing, Confrontational
TagsAccident, Craziness, Death, Depression, Fear, Hospital, Husband, Medical Treatment, Mental Illness, Psychiatrist, Self Discovery

The Snake Pit is a 1948 film. It tells the story of a woman who finds herself in an insane asylum and cannot remember how she got there. It stars Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, Celeste Holm, Beulah Bondi and Lee Patrick.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Virginia Stuart Cunningham

Robert Cunningham

Doctor Mark Kik

Grace

Glenn Langan
Doctor Terry

Nurse Davis

Gordon

Mrs. Greer

Asylum Inmate

Howard Freeman
Dr. Curtis

Mrs. Stuart

Katherine Locke
Margaret

Dr. Jonathan Gifford

Miss Hart

Victoria Albright
Virginia

Jean Andren
Nurse

Sylvia Andrew
Patient

Bald Man

Polly Bailey
Patient

Lola's Husband

Bit Role

Hester

Marie Blake
Patient awaiting staff

Miss Greene

Margaret Brayton
Staff Room Nurse

Miss Seiffert

Bobby Burns
Inmate at Dance Social

Cliff Clark
Shooting Gallery Proprietor

Angela Clarke
Greek Patient

Singing Inmate

G. Pat Collins
Attendant

Harold Cornsweet
Bit Role

Ashley Cowan
Tommy

Irene Dehn
Nurse

Janna DeLoos
Stenographer Nurse

Celia Sommerville

Forrest Dickson
Counterwoman

Valerie

Bill Duray
Bit Role

Patient

Mary Emery
Patient

Ben Erway
Doctor

Patient

Joel Friedkin
Doctor

Geraldine Garrick
Patient

Nina Gilbert
Patient

Donna Hamilton
Patient

Alvin Hammer
Patient

Grayce Hampton
Inmate Countess

Edna Holland
Elderly Nurse

Ward 33 Inmate

Bee Humphries
Emma

Ward 33 Inmate

Larry Johns
Minister

Tiny Jones
Inmate

Geraldine Jordan
Patient

Leo Kaye
Hospital Attendant

Doris Kemper
Patient

Cafe Cashier

Attendant

Louise Lorimer
Nurse

Inmate Gertrude

Ellen Lowe
Patient

George Lynn
Doctor

Therese Lyon
Patient

Patricia Marlowe
Practical Nurse

Young girl

Tommy's mother

Mira McKinney
Patient

Doro Merande
Inmate, First Lady of the Land

Lora Lee Michel
Virginia

Jerry Miley
Bit Role

Belle Mitchell
Inmate

Eula Morgan
Attendant

Harry Hays Morgan
Doctor

Frances Morris
Patient

Dorothy Neumann
Champion, Miss Neumann

Mary Newton
Patient

Damian O'Flynn
Mr. Stuart

Anne O'Neal
Miss Primm, Hospital Dining Room Waitress

Inez Palange
Italian Patient

Patient

Nurse

Rose Plumer
Inmate

Grace Poggi
Asylum Inmate

Louise Robinson
Husky Nurse

Carol Savage
Maxine

Inmate wearing visor at dance

Helen Servis
Inmate Miss Servis

Lester Sharpe
Dr. Sommer

Tamara Shayne
Ward 33 Inmate

Sally Shepherd
Nurse

Esther Somers
Nurse Vance

Ann Staunton
Nurse

Miss Bixby

Mary Tarcai
Nurse Jenkins

Ray Teal
Doctor

Laura Treadwell
Mother

Nurse Jones

Minerva Urecal
Ward 33 Inmate

Dorothy Vaughan
Bossy Ward 12 Inmate

Basil Walker
Bit Role

Ruth Warren
Patient

Orderly, Dance Social Emcee

Isabel Withers
Nurse Johnson

Director

Writer

Frank Partos

Millen Brand

Mary Jane Ward

Arthur Laurents
uncredited

Producer

Robert Bassler
producer

producer

executive producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Leo Tover

Editor

Dorothy Spencer
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Art Director

Joseph C. Wright
-

Set Decorator

Ernest Lansing
-

Thomas Little
-

Costume Designer

Bonnie Cashin
-

Makeup Department

makeup artist

Esperanza Corona
hair stylist

Ernie Parks
makeup artist

Production Manager

Ben Silvey
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

David Silver
assistant director

Henry Weinberger
assistant director

Sound Department

Harry M. Leonard
sound

Arthur von Kirbach
sound

Special Effects

Fred Sersen
special photographic effects

Camera and Electrical Department

Henry Gerzen
grip

Roger Shearman
camera operator

Anthony Ugrin
still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department

wardrobe director

Sam Benson
wardrobe

Music Department

Edward B. Powell
orchestral arranger

musical director

Other Crew

Jerry Bryan
script supervisor

Production Company

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
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Distributor

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
,

Fox Video

Media Cooperation One (MC-One)

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment






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