The Cobweb (1955)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.5/10   

Director:

Vincente Minnelli

Escritores:

William Gibson (novel) (additional dialogue)
John Paxton (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

7 junio 1955 (USA)

Género:

Drama

Plot:

At an exclusive psychiatric clinic, the doctors and staff are about as crazy as the patients. The clinic head...

Plot Keywords:

Clinic | Psychiatric Hospital | Beautiful Woman | Psychiatry | Power Abuse

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Dream Cast Fights Over Psych Ward Draperies !!!

Reparto

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
Tommy Rettig	...	Mark McIver
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

Duración:

134 min | USA:123 min (TCM print)

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.55 : 1

Sonido:

4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Sound System)

Clasificación:

Australia:PG | West Germany:16 (f) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Compañía:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivialidades:

The movie Stevie and Sue go to see is Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954). Music from the movie can be heard as they are exiting the theater.

Citas:

[first lines]
Karen McIver: Can I give you a ride?

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in High Anxiety (1977)

Dream Cast Fights Over Psych Ward Draperies !!!

Featured in 1955's THE COBWEB is an all star cast ranging from silent screen veteran LILLIAN GISH to Actors Studio progeny SUSAN STRASBERG. Set at an exclusive psychiatric hospital, what is this movie about you wonder......high drama ? Doctor & patient relationships ? Shock therapy treatment ? No, this howler is about who exactly will get to pick the draperies for a psychiatric hospital ! You think I'm kidding ? You won't believe your eyes as you're watching this unbelievable storyline that was turned into a movie ! Progressive head shrink Dr. McIver (RICHARD WIDMARK) wants to have all of the hospital's patients involved in the design, selection and execution of the needed new draperies. McIver's wife played by marble mouthed GLORIA GRAHAM wants to get her 2 cents in on this monumental task too. So does long time staffer Miss Inch (LILLIAN GISH). Directed by VINCENT MINELLI, you kinda wonder if he really became this overly involved in minute detail because of his marriage to worry wart JUDY GARLAND. Talented actors like LAUREN BACALL, SUSAN STRASBERG, CHARLES BOYER, and JOHN KERR are wasted in this hokey story. What were they thinking ?