Characters & Themes
Bedlam (1946) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1946 · 76 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Mark Robson
- Starring
- John Beck, Tommy Noonan, Ellen Corby, Boris Karloff, Jack Gordon, Billy House
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.
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