The Snake Pit.

Duration: 108 min

Year Published: 1948

Format: 35mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: A semi-documentary study of the treatment of the insane. A young woman loses her mind, is committed to a state institution, and eventually is released as cured.

Complete Record: THE SNAKE PIT. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1948. 108 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on the novel by Mary Jane Ward. Summary: A semi-documentary study of the treatment of the insane. A young woman loses her mind, is committed to a state institution, and eventually is released as cured. Credits: Producers, Anatole Litvak, Robert Bassler; director, Anatole Litvak; screenplay, Frank Partos, Millen Brand; music director, Alfred Newman; editor, Dorothy Spencer. Cast: Olivia de Haviland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, Celeste Holm, Glenn Langan. © Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 4Nov48; LP2124.