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.

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Mono - English
Mono - French
Mono - Spanish
Stereo - English
Additional Release Material:
Featurette: "Movietone News Footage"
Audio Commentary: Aubrey Soloman - Film Historian and Author
Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
Text/Photo Galleries:
Still Gallery

Olivia de Havilland: Oscar-winning American actress, THE HEIRESS (1949)
Mark Stevens: American Actor
Leo Genn: British Actor
Celeste Holm: Oscar-winning American actress; GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT
Leif Erickson: American Character Actor; 1930's-early 1980's

Anatole Litvak: Director/Screenwriter/Editor

"Olivia de Havilland delivers an Oscar-nominated performance..."