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Step inside "the Castle," a large private psychiatric facility. Here, Dr. Stewart McIver (Richard Widmark) devotes night and day to his profession while neglecting his pining, voluptuous wife (Gloria Grahame). A colleague (Charles Boyer) with a fondness for booze and a pretty face seeks to comfort the wife. Now add Lauren Bacall, Lillian Gish, John Kerr, Susan Strasberg, Oscar Levant and subplots of love, life and derangement and you have the entanglements of The Cobweb. Some critics gleefully skewered the film's labored storyline about patient involvement in the choice of library draperies, but pay no heed. With its top cast and Vincente Minnelli's command of color and melodrama, this film is popcorn for fans of soaps.
Original Release
06/07/1955
US Release
06/07/1955
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Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
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Cast
Name | Character |
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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 McIver / Mark |
Producers
Name | Role |
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John Houseman | Producer |
Jud Kinberg | Producer |