The Snake Pit

Married and in love... with a man she didn't know or want!

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.

Drama Mystery

Olivia de Havilland

(Virginia Stuart Cunningham)

Mark Stevens

(Robert Cunningham)

Leo Genn

(Doctor Mark H. Van Kensdelaerik (Dr. "Kik"))

Celeste Holm

(Grace)

Glenn Langan

(Doctor Terry)

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)

June Storey

(Miss Bixby)

Lora Lee Michel

(Virginia - Age 6)

Damian O'Flynn

(Mr. Stuart)

Ann Doran

(Valerie)

Esther Somers

(Nurse Vance)

Jacqueline deWit

(Celia Sommerville)

Betsy Blair

(Hester)

Lela Bliss

(Miss Greene)

Queenie Smith

(Lola)

Virginia Brissac

(Miss Seiffert)

Grayce Hampton

(Inmate Countess)

Mary Treen

(Nurse Jones)

Dorothy Neumann

(Champion - Miss Neumann)

Jan Clayton

(Singing Inmate)

Marie Blake

(Asylum Patient (uncredited))

Victoria Horne

(Asylum Patient (uncredited))

Doro Merande

(Asylum Patient (uncredited))

Barbara Pepper

(Asylum Patient (uncredited))

Wanda Perry

(Nurse (uncredited))

Vicky Albright

(Virginia - Age 2 (uncredited))

Jean Andren

(Nurse (uncredited))

Sylvia Andrew

(Patient (uncredited))

Angela Clarke

(Greek Patient (uncredited))