The Cobweb

Patients and staff at a posh psychiatric clinic clash over who chooses the clinic’s new drapes – but drapes are the least of their problems.

Cast

Richard Widmark

as Dr. Stewart 'Mac' McIver

Lauren Bacall

as Meg Faversen Rinehart

Charles Boyer

as Dr. Douglas N. Devanal

Gloria Grahame

as Karen McIver

Lillian Gish

as Victoria Inch

John Kerr

as Steven W. Holte

Susan Strasberg

as Sue Brett

Oscar Levant

as Mr. Capp

Paul Stewart

as Dr. Otto Wolff

Jarma Lewis

as Lois Y. Demuth

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