The Cobweb (1955)
Directed by Vincente Minnelli

Drama

Film Synopsis

In a psychiatric clinic, the staff come to blows over the choice of curtains for the lecture theatre.  Meg, a carer, wants the curtains to be designed by a patient of hers, and she enlists the support of Dr Stewart, a married man.  When she finds out that her husband has begun to have an affair, Stewart's wife takes it upon herself to order the curtains.
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Film Credits

  • Director: Vincente Minnelli
  • Script: John Paxton, William Gibson (dialogue)
  • Cinematographer: George J. Folsey
  • Music: Leonard Rosenman
  • Cast: 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), Jarma Lewis (Lois Y. Demuth), Adele Jergens (Miss Cobb), Edgar Stehli (Mr. Holcomb), Sandy Descher (Rosemary McIver), Bert Freed (Abe Irwin), Mabel Albertson (Regina Mitchell-Smyth), Fay Wray (Edna Devanal), Oliver Blake (Curly), Olive Carey (Mrs. O'Brien - Nurse), Eve McVeagh (Mrs. Shirley Irwin), Tommy Rettig (Mark)
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 134 min

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