Bedlam (1946): Cast
Bedlam is a 1946 drama thriller directed by Mark Robson, starring Anna Lee as Nell Bowen, Boris Karloff and Ian Wolfe. It runs 1 hour 16 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 16m (76 min)
- Director
- Mark Robson
- Original language
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English - Studio
- RKO Radio Pictures
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Bedlam About?
The premise of Bedlam without spoilers.
Set in London, 1761, the infamous St. Mary’s of Bethlehem—known as Bedlam—functions as a grim spectacle for the city’s elite, who treat its inmates like caged beasts for amusement. Visitor Nell Bowen is appalled by the squalid conditions and the cruel treatment endured by the desperate patients confined within its walls.
Bedlam Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- falling to death
- woman in jeopardy
- cult favorite
- good versus evil
- strength
- insanity
- wine
- psychotronic film
- bedlam
- asylum
- quaker
- disability
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- fall from height
- villain as protagonist
- implied rape
- shackles
- eating note
- horse
- historical event
- ridicule
- violation of rights
- locked up
- locked in a cage
- christian subtext
- printing shop
- gin
- slapped in the face
- society of friends
- stonemason
- turban
- asphyxiation
- poetry recitation
- rooftop
- rescue
- religious fanatic
- dungeon
- apothecary
- committed to an asylum
- cockatoo
- stabbed in the back
- homicidal maniac
- covered in melted gold
- insane asylum
- cult director
- b movie
- reform
- psychiatric hospital
- walled up alive
- morality
- aristocrat
Bedlam Cast & Characters
Anna Lee leads the cast as Nell Bowen, with Boris Karloff as George Sims and Ian Wolfe as Sidney Long. Directed by Mark Robson; 41 actors are credited in all.
- Director Mark Robson
- Anna Lee as Nell Bowen
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Boris Karloff as George Sims -
Ian Wolfe as Sidney Long -
Ellen Corby as Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited)
Also Starring in Bedlam
· 37 more- John Beck Solomon (uncredited)
- Jack Gordon Mover (uncredited)
- Tommy Noonan
- Harry Harvey John Gray (uncredited)
- Jason Robards Sr. Oliver Todd
- Leyland Hodgson 'That Devil' Wilkes
- Robert Clarke Dan (uncredited)
- Bobby Hale Inmate (uncredited)
- Larry Wheat Podge (uncredited)
- Hamilton Camp
- John Ince
- Ted Billings
- Elizabeth Russell Mistress Sims
- Skelton Knaggs Varney (uncredited)
- Billy House Lord Mortimer
- Glen Vernon The Gilded Boy
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- Ray Spiker
- George Holmes
- Richard Fraser The Stonemason
- James Logan
- Polly Bailey
- Victor Travis
- Lars Hensen
- Bruce Edwards
- Foster H. Phinney
- Frank Pharr
- Donna Lee Cockney Girl
- Jane Crowley
- John Goldsworthy
- Nan Leslie
- John Meredith
- Robert Seiter
- Vic Holbrook Tom (uncredited)
- Betty Gillette
- Eleanore Vogel
- Joan Newton Dorothea the Dove
- Jimmy Jordan
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Bedlam FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of Bedlam, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Bedlam?
Bedlam runs 1 hour 16 minutes (76 minutes).
When was Bedlam released?
Bedlam was released on April 19, 1946.
Who directed Bedlam?
Bedlam was directed by Mark Robson.
More films by Mark Robson Who is in the cast of Bedlam?
Bedlam stars Anna Lee as Nell Bowen, Boris Karloff as George Sims and Ian Wolfe as Sidney Long, among 41 credited actors.
Does Bedlam have a post-credit scene?
No. Bedlam has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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