Bedlam (1946)

6.6/10 76 min Drama Thriller

Overview

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.

Cast

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

Larry Wheat

Podge (uncredited)

Skelton Knaggs

Varney (uncredited)

Robert Clarke

Dan (uncredited)

Ted Billings

Inmate (uncredited)

Ellen Corby

Betty, Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)

Bruce Edwards

Warder (uncredited)

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