Bedlam

• 6.5 Drama
• 1946-05-10
• 76 minutes mins

London, 1761. St. Mary's of Bethlehem, a sinister madhouse, is visited by wealthy people who enjoy watching the patients confined there as if they were caged animals. Nell Bowen, one of the visitors, is horrified by the deplorable living conditions of the unfortunate inhabitants of this godforsaken place, better known as Bedlam.

Starring:

Boris Karloff (George Sims) Anna Lee (Nell Bowen) Billy House (Lord Mortimer) Richard Fraser (The Stonemason) Glen Vernon (The Gilded Boy) Ian Wolfe (Sidney Long) Jason Robards Sr. (Oliver Todd) Leyland Hodgson ('That Devil' Wilkes) Joan Newton (Dorothea the Dove) Elizabeth Russell (Mistress Sims)

Director:

Mark Robson

Writer:

Val Lewton Mark Robson