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title: "The Snake Pit: cast and crew"
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cast: 38
crew: 17
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# The Snake Pit (1948): cast and crew

38 cast and 17 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Olivia de Havilland](https://film.one/person/olivia-de-havilland.md) as Virginia Cunningham
- [Mark Stevens](https://film.one/person/mark-stevens-87390.md) as Robert Cunningham
- [Leo Genn](https://film.one/person/leo-genn.md) as Mark Kik
- [Celeste Holm](https://film.one/person/celeste-holm.md) as Grace
- [Glenn Langan](https://film.one/person/glenn-langan.md) as Dr. Terry
- [Helen Craig](https://film.one/person/helen-craig.md) as Nurse Davis
- [Leif Erickson](https://film.one/person/leif-erickson.md) as Gordon
- [Beulah Bondi](https://film.one/person/beulah-bondi.md) as Mrs. Greer
- [Lee Patrick](https://film.one/person/lee-patrick.md) as Asylum Inmate
- [Howard Freeman](https://film.one/person/howard-freeman.md) as Dr. Curtis
- [Natalie Schafer](https://film.one/person/natalie-schafer.md) as Mrs. Stuart
- [Ruth Donnelly](https://film.one/person/ruth-donnelly.md) as Ruth
- Katherine Locke as Margaret
- [Frank Conroy](https://film.one/person/frank-conroy.md) as Jonathan Gifford
- [Minna Gombell](https://film.one/person/minna-gombell.md) as Miss Hart
- [June Storey](https://film.one/person/june-storey.md) as Miss Bixby (uncredited)
- Lora Lee Michel as Six-Year-Old Virginia (uncredited)
- [Damian O'Flynn](https://film.one/person/damian-oflynn.md) as Mr. Stuart (uncredited)
- [Ann Doran](https://film.one/person/ann-doran.md) as Valerie (uncredited)
- Esther Somers as Nurse Vance (uncredited)
- Jacqueline deWit as Celia Sommerville (uncredited)
- Betsy Blair as Hester (uncredited)
- Lela Bliss as Miss Greene (uncredited)
- Queenie Smith as Lola (uncredited)
- [Virginia Brissac](https://film.one/person/virginia-brissac.md) as Miss Seiffert (uncredited)
- Grayce Hampton as Inmate Countess (uncredited)
- [Mary Treen](https://film.one/person/mary-treen.md) as Nurse Jones (uncredited)
- Dorothy Neumann as Champion (uncredited)
- Jan Clayton as Singing Inmate (uncredited)
- Marie Blake as Asylum Patient (uncredited)
- Victoria Horne as Asylum Patient (uncredited)
- [Doro Merande](https://film.one/person/doro-merande.md) as Asylum Patient (uncredited)
- Barbara Pepper as Asylum Patient (uncredited)
- Wanda Perry as Nurse (uncredited)
- Vicky Albright as Two-Year-Old Virginia (uncredited)
- Jean Andren as Nurse (uncredited)
- Sylvia Andrew as Patient (uncredited)
- Angela Clarke as Greek Patient (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Anatole Litvak](https://film.one/person/anatole-litvak.md): Director

## Writing

- [Millen Brand](https://film.one/person/millen-brand.md): Screenplay
- [Frank Partos](https://film.one/person/frank-partos.md): Screenplay
- Mary Jane Ward: Novel

## Production

- [Robert Bassler](https://film.one/person/robert-bassler.md): Producer
- [Darryl F. Zanuck](https://film.one/person/darryl-f-zanuck.md): Executive Producer
- [Anatole Litvak](https://film.one/person/anatole-litvak.md): Producer
- Raymond A. Klune: Production Manager
- Ben Silvey: Production Manager

## Camera

- [Leo Tover](https://film.one/person/leo-tover.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Dorothy Spencer](https://film.one/person/dorothy-spencer.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Alfred Newman](https://film.one/person/alfred-newman.md): Original Music Composer

## Art

- Thomas Little: Set Decoration
- Ernest Lansing: Set Decoration

## Costume and make-up

- Ben Nye: Makeup Artist
- Esperanza Corona: Hairstylist
- Ernie Parks: Makeup Artist

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