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Movie Info
At a psychiatric clinic for the elite, Dr. Stewart McIver (Richard Widmark) wants to institute a policy of self-governance among his patients. To further his goals, Dr. McIver proposes that residents collaborate to design and make new drapes for the clinic library. Though it seems inconsequential, trouble ensues when the clinic patients become locked in a power struggle with the equally unbalanced staff, including activities director Meg Rinehart (Lauren Bacall).
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Genre: Drama
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Original Language: English
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Director: Vincente Minnelli
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Producer: John Houseman
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Writer: John Paxton, William Gibson
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Release Date (Theaters): original
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Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Production Co: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Cast & Crew

Richard Widmark
Dr. Stewart "Mac" McIver

Lauren Bacall
Meg Faversen Rinehart

Charles Boyer
Dr. Douglas N. Devanal

Gloria Grahame
Karen McIver

Lillian Gish
Victoria Inch

John Kerr
Steven W. Holte

Susan Strasberg
Sue Brett

Oscar Levant
Mr. Capp

Paul Stewart
Dr. Otto Wolff

Tommy Rettig
Mark

Vincente Minnelli
Director

John Paxton
Screenwriter

William Gibson
Writer

John Houseman
Producer

Jud Kinberg
Associate Producer

Leonard Rosenman
Original Music

George J. Folsey
Cinematographer

Harold F. Kress
Film Editing

E. Preston Ames
Art Director

Cedric Gibbons
Art Director

F. Keogh Gleason
Set Decoration

Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Critic Reviews for The Cobweb
Audience Reviews for The Cobweb
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May 29, 2012
Minnelli managed to assemble an all star cast for such a strange concept. On paper it would seem like the plot of a screwball comedy but the movie is played completely straight, and is all the worse for it. You'll be screaming at the characters to lighten up. None of them are particularly likable, neither inmates or administrators. You would think someone with as much experience of clinics as Minnelli had, thanks to his estranged wife, would give us more of an insight. The patients just aren't convincing enough and are reduced to big name extras. The administrative staff are given cliched storylines to follow. If there are any central characters it's Widmark and Grahame, a bickering married couple. Bacall is completely wasted in a throwaway role as a chain-smoking activities director. Levant is perfectly cast as an inmate but doesn't get enough screen time to exploit his melancholy persona. Perhaps the movie would have fared better had it been made twenty years later. With it's sprawling cast it resembles the films of Altman but Minnelli couldn't call on the technology that allowed Altman his famous overlapping dialogue. Considering the subject matter the movie is far too sane. A seventies version would have allowed a lot more freedom to explore the issues. At one point, young inmates Kerr and Strasberg leave the clinic for a night at the cinema. A metaphor perhaps for Minnelli's plunging himself into his work to escape the grim reality of life with Judy? There have been some great movies set on psychiatric wards, "One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest", "Shock Corridor", but I wouldn't bother booking yourself in for treatment here.
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Sep 16, 2011
It's all about the DRAPES!!!! Truly odd film is loaded with great actors and a ludicrous story. How it ever got the green light from the studio is mystery number one, that Vincente Minnelli said okay to directing it is the second although that would explain why so many great actors allowed themselves to be involved. Laughable take on mental health but good for one fun viewing as a camp catastrophe.
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