Strange, unique look at mental asylum is both visually and dramatically brilliant.
The Cobweb (1955)
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Reviews Counted:5
Fresh:4
Rotten:1
Average Rating:6.4/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 5 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: At a psychiatric care hospital, the wife of the head doctor decides the site's library is in need of new drapes. This small change sparks a conflict among the staff members. As the personalities of... At a psychiatric care hospital, the wife of the head doctor decides the site's library is in need of new drapes. This small change sparks a conflict among the staff members. As the personalities of the characters unfurl, a network of covert romantic liaisons and tensions is revealed. The support staff is as frail as the patients under their care. [More]
Starring: Richard Widmark, Lauren Bacall, Gloria Grahame, Charles Boyer
Starring: Richard Widmark, Lauren Bacall, Gloria Grahame, Charles Boyer, Lillian Gish, John Kerr, Susan Strasberg, Oscar Levant, Tommy Rettig, Paul Stewart, Adele Jergens
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Screenwriter: John Paxton, William Gibson
Producer: John Houseman
Composer: Leonard Rosenman
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A quintessential Minnelli melodrama, this personal film is set in an asylum in which the conflict concerns the kinds of drapes to be used. It offers an inside look at a rigid institution, in which the caretakers are just as needy as their patients
With its usual twist, it's surprising that The Cobweb hasn't become a cult classic. This '50's studio picture combines the ever popular Hollywood topic of mental illness with interior decorating.
The highlight of the film was Oscar Levant singing "Mother" while being sedated.
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