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DVD Release Date
• R1: Jun 1, 2004
Running Time
1 hour, 48 minutes
Country USA
Studio 20th Century Fox
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Other Titles
• The Snake Pit
• Menschen im Schatten (1950)
• Die Schlangengrube (1949)
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Genre: Drama, Mental Institution, Psychodrama, Suspense, Disturbing, Doctor, Mental Illness
Plot: Based on the novel by Mary Jane Ward, THE SNAKE PIT is a frank portrait of mental illness. Virginia Cunningham (Olivia de Havilland) wakes up only to discover that she's in the state insane asylum. Unable to remember the events that led to her being institutionalized, Virginia slowly puts the pieces together through a series of flashbacks. As her doctor, Mark Kirk (Leo Genn), continues to struggle with Virginia's condition, he finds that she only appears to be headed further into a downward spiral. Director Anatole Litvak and de Havilland were nominated for Oscars for their superior efforts.
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| Directed by |
Anatole Litvak
Anastasia, Sorry, Wrong Number, The Night of the Generals |
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 | Celeste Holm
All About Eve, High Society, Gentleman's Agreement |
 | Mark Stevens
Objective, Burma!, Fate Is the Hunter, The Dark Corner | Leo Genn
Moby Dick, Quo Vadis, Chronicle History or King Henry the Fifth | | | Leif Erickson
On the Waterfront, Sorry, Wrong Number, Invaders from Mars | |
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Alfred Newman
All About Eve, The Seven Year Itch, Foreign Correspondent |
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