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The Snake Pit

The Snake Pit

7.1/ 10

TMDB Rating

115

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1948

Release Year

108 min

Runtime

Drama
Mystery

Overview

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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Keywords

chicago, illinois
schizophrenia
asylum
flashback
memory loss
black and white
based on memoir or autobiography
mental illness
doctor patient relationship
electro shock
mental hospital
shock treatment

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9.0avg rating
John Chard

John Chard

November 2, 2013

9
9/10

I'll tell you where it's gonna end, Miss Somerville... When there are more sick ones than well ones, the sick ones will lock the well ones up. The Snake Pit is directed by Anatole Litvak and adapted to screenplay by Frank Partos, Millen Brand and Arthur Laurents from the novel written by Mary Jan

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