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Directed by
Anatole Litvak 
 
Writing credits
Frank Partos (screenplay) and
Millen Brand (screenplay)

Mary Jane Ward (based on the novel by)

Arthur Laurents  contributor to screenplay construction (uncredited)

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete

Olivia de Havilland ... Virginia Stuart Cunningham
Mark Stevens ... Robert Cunningham

Leo Genn ... Dr. Mark Kik

Celeste Holm ... Grace
Glenn Langan ... Dr. 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
Dorothy Neumann ... Champion - Miss Neumann
Jan Clayton ... Singing Inmate
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Victoria Albright ... Virginia - Age 2 (uncredited)
Jean Andren ... Nurse (uncredited)
Sylvia Andrew ... Patient (uncredited)
Phil Arnold ... Bald Man (uncredited)
Polly Bailey ... Patient (uncredited)

Bobby Barber ... Lola's Husband (uncredited)
Vangie Beilby ... Patient (uncredited)
George Beranger ... Bit Role (uncredited)
Marie Blake ... Patient Awaiting Staff (uncredited)
Margaret Brayton ... Staff Room Nurse (uncredited)
Bobby Burns ... Inmate at Dance Social (uncredited)
Cliff Clark ... Shooting Gallery Proprietor (uncredited)
Angela Clarke ... Greek Patient (uncredited)

Ruth Clifford ... Nurse (uncredited)
G. Pat Collins ... Attendant (uncredited)
James Conaty ... Opera Attendant (uncredited)
Harold Cornsweet ... Bit Role (uncredited)
Ashley Cowan ... Tommy (uncredited)
Irene Dehn ... Nurse (uncredited)
Janna DeLoos ... Stenographer Nurse (uncredited)
Forrest Dickson ... Counterwoman (uncredited)
Bill Duray ... Bit Role (uncredited)
Marjorie Eaton ... Patient (uncredited)
Mary Emery ... Patient (uncredited)
Ben Erway ... Doctor (uncredited)
Mabel Forrest ... Patient (uncredited)
Joel Friedkin ... Doctor (uncredited)
Geraldine Garrick ... Patient (uncredited)
Nina Gilbert ... Patient (uncredited)
Donna Hamilton ... Patient (uncredited)

Alvin Hammer ... Patient (uncredited)
Edna Holland ... Elderly Nurse (uncredited)
Jimmy Horan ... Inmate at Dance Social (uncredited)
Victoria Horne ... Ward 33 Inmate (uncredited)
Bee Humphries ... Emma (uncredited)

Isabel Jewell ... Ward 33 Inmate (uncredited)
Larry Johns ... Minister (uncredited)
Tiny Jones ... Inmate (uncredited)
Geraldine Jordan ... Patient (uncredited)
Leo Kaye ... Hospital Attendant (uncredited)
Doris Kemper ... Patient (uncredited)
Kate Drain Lawson ... Cafe Cashier (uncredited)
Babe London ... Attendant (uncredited)
Louise Lorimer ... Nurse (uncredited)

Celia Lovsky ... Inmate Gertrude (uncredited)
Ellen Lowe ... Patient (uncredited)
George Lynn ... Doctor (uncredited)
Therese Lyon ... Patient (uncredited)
Patricia Marlowe ... Practical Nurse (uncredited)

Mae Marsh ... Tommy's Mother (uncredited)
Marion Marshall ... Young Girl (uncredited)
Mira McKinney ... Patient (uncredited)
Doro Merande ... Inmate, First Lady of the Land (uncredited)
Jerry Miley ... Bit Role (uncredited)
Belle Mitchell ... Inmate (uncredited)
Eula Morgan ... Attendant (uncredited)
Harry Hays Morgan ... Doctor (uncredited)
Frances Morris ... Patient (uncredited)
Mary Newton ... Patient (uncredited)
Anne O'Neal ... Miss Primm - Hospital Dining Room Waitress (uncredited)
Inez Palange ... Italian Patient (uncredited)
Barbara Pepper ... Patient (uncredited)
Wanda Perry ... Nurse (uncredited)
Rose Plumer ... Inmate (uncredited)
Grace Poggi ... Asylum Inmate (uncredited)
Louise Robinson ... Husky Nurse (uncredited)
Carol Savage ... Maxine (uncredited)
Syd Saylor ... Inmate Wearing Visor at Dance (uncredited)
Helen Servis ... Inmate Miss Servis (uncredited)
Lester Sharpe ... Dr. Sommer (uncredited)
Tamara Shayne ... Ward 33 Inmate (uncredited)
Sally Shepherd ... Nurse (uncredited)
Ann Staunton ... Nurse (uncredited)
Mary Tarcai ... Nurse Jenkins (uncredited)

Ray Teal ... Doctor (uncredited)
Laura Treadwell ... Mother (uncredited)
Mary Treen ... Nurse Jones (uncredited)
Minerva Urecal ... Ward 33 Inmate (uncredited)
Dorothy Vaughan ... Bossy Ward 12 Inmate (uncredited)
Basil Walker ... Bit Role (uncredited)
Ruth Warren ... Patient (uncredited)
Claire Whitney ... Inmate (uncredited)
Robert Williams ... Orderly - Dance Social Emcee (uncredited)
Isabel Withers ... Nurse Johnson (uncredited)
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Produced by
Robert Bassler .... producer
Anatole Litvak .... producer
Darryl F. Zanuck .... executive producer (uncredited)
 
Original Music by
Alfred Newman 
 
Cinematography by
Leo Tover (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Dorothy Spencer (film editor)
 
Art Direction by
Lyle R. Wheeler  (as Lyle Wheeler)
Joseph C. Wright 
 
Set Decoration by
Ernest Lansing (set decorations)
Thomas Little 
 
Costume Design by
Bonnie Cashin (costumes designed by)
 
Makeup Department
Ben Nye .... makeup artist
Esperanza Corona .... hair stylist (uncredited)
Ernie Parks .... makeup artist (uncredited)
 
Production Management
Raymond A. Klune .... production manager (uncredited)
Ben Silvey .... production manager (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Silver .... assistant director (uncredited)
Henry Weinberger .... assistant director (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Harry M. Leonard .... sound
Arthur von Kirbach .... sound (as Arthur L. Kirbach)
Thomas T. Moulton .... sound director (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
Fred Sersen .... special photographic effects
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Henry Gerzen .... grip (uncredited)
Roger Shearman .... camera operator (uncredited)
Anthony Ugrin .... still photographer (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Charles Le Maire .... wardrobe director
Sam Benson .... wardrobe (uncredited)
 
Editorial Department
Lyman Hallowell .... apprentice editor (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Edward B. Powell .... orchestral arrangements (as Edward Powell)
Alfred Newman .... musical director (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Darryl F. Zanuck .... presenter
Carl A. Binger .... psychiatric technical advisor (uncredited)
Jerry Bryan .... script supervisor (uncredited)
Alma Margaret Comer .... psychiatric technical advisor (uncredited)
M. Ralph Kaufman .... psychiatric technical advisor (uncredited)
John N. Rosen .... psychiatric technical advisor (uncredited)
Ernst Simmel .... psychiatric technical advisor (uncredited)
Norman Stuart .... dialogue director (uncredited)
Sidney Loseff Tamarin .... psychiatric technical advisor (uncredited)
Mary Jane Ward .... technical advisor (uncredited)
 
Crew verified as complete


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