Married and in love... with a man she didn't know or want!
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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Cast
- Olivia de HavillandVirginia Cunningham
- Mark StevensRobert Cunningham
- Leo GennMark Kik
- Celeste HolmGrace
- Glenn LanganDr. Terry
- Helen CraigNurse Davis
- Leif EricksonGordon
- Beulah BondiMrs. Greer
- Lee PatrickAsylum Inmate
- Howard FreemanDr. Curtis
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- Anatole LitvakDirector
- Frank PartosScreenplay
- Millen BrandScreenplay
- Mary Jane WardNovel
- Leo ToverDirector of Photography
- Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Dorothy SpencerEditor
- Robert BasslerProducer
- Anatole LitvakProducer
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