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Horror Movies & Sci-Fi Movies Database
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04.03.09
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Nell Bowen, the spirited protege of rich Lord Mortimer, becomes interested in the conditions of notorious St. Mary's of Bethlehem Asylum (Bedlam). Encouraged by the Quaker Hannay, she tries to bring support to reforming Bedlam, but the cruel Master Sims who runs it has her committed there. The inmates, however, have the last say.
Movie Tagline:
Sensational Secrets of Infamous Mad-house EXPOSED! (1946 one-sheet poster)
Also Known As:
Chamber of Horrors
Title: Bedlam
Release Date: April 19, 1946
Runtime: 79 mins
Genre: Drama
All Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Languages: English
Country: USA
Colors: Black and White
Sound: Mono
IMDB Rating: 6.8
Brimstone Pit Rating: 7.8 - (Rate This Horror Movie)
Category: Horror Movies Starting With B
MPAA Rating: Approved
Director(s):
Mark Robson
Cast:
Boris Karloff ...Master George Sims
Anna Lee ...Nell Bowen
Billy House ...Lord Mortimer
Richard Fraser ...Hannay
Glen Vernon ...The Gilded Boy (as Glenn Vernon)
Ian Wolfe ...Sidney Long
Jason Robards Sr. ...Oliver Todd (as Jason Robards)
Leyland Hodgson ...John Wilkes (as Leland Hodgson)
Joan Newton ...Dorothea the Dove
Elizabeth Russell ...Mistress Sims
Polly Bailey ...Scrub Woman
John Beck ...Solomon
Hamilton Camp ...Pompey (voice)
John Carradine ...Asylum patient
Robert Clarke ...Dan the Dog
Ellen Corby ...Queen of the Artichokes
Frankie Dee ...Pompey
Bruce Edwards ...The Warder
John Goldsworthy ...Chief Commissioner
Harry Harvey ...John Gray
Vic Holbrook ...Tom the Tiger
George Holmes ...2nd Stonemason
John Ince ...Judge
Jimmy Jordan ...3rd Stonemason
Skelton Knaggs ...Varney
Donna Lee ...Cockney Girl
Nan Leslie ...Cockney Girl
James Logan ...Bailiff
John Meredith ...1st Maniac
Tommy Noonan ...1st Stonemason
» [more cast members]
Producer(s):
Jack J. Gross
Val Lewton
Writer(s):
William Hogarth
Val Lewton
Mark Robson
Composer(s):
Roy Webb
More Movie Taglines:
- Sensational Secrets of Infamous Mad-house EXPOSED! (1946 one-sheet poster)
Movie Trivia:
- The falling inmate's scream at the beginning of the movie was from one of the falling sailors in King Kong (1933)
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The dress Anna Lee is wearing as she mounts her horse is the one Vivien Leigh made from the curtains in Gone with the Wind (1939).
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Contrary to popular belief the film was never banned in the UK. However despite some TV showings it was never submitted to the BBFC until 1998 where it received an uncut video PG video certificate.
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In one of the street scenes, a flower seller is heard calling. "Lavender, sweet blooming lavender,/ Six bunches a penny today, /Lavender, sweet blooming lavender,/ Ladies buy it while you may." This is an actual old street cry from London.
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The comment Sims makes to Nell about the inmates, "Fierce as wild bulls, untameable as flies, these have oft from strangers' side snatched rapiers suddenly and done much harm", is a quote from the play, The Honest Whore by Thomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton
IMDB Links:
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Keywords:
Asylum, Quaker, Beautiful Woman, Covered In Melted Gold, Buried Alive ...[more]
Keywords All:
One Word Title, Cult Favorite, Cult Director, Mental Institution, Aristocrat, B Movie, Insanity, Morality, Reform, Psychotronic, Period Piece, Insane Asylum
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Rating: 7.8 out of 10.0 - 56 votes cast total
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