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Bedlam

Beauty at the mercy of madmen!

1946 · 1h 16m · Approved Drama, Thriller
Directed by Mark Robson

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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.

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Fresh

Nicholas Musaraca's excellent cinematography contributes a number of fine effects, and there's a strange and witty aside on the invention of movies.

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh

While the film has a tendency to wander into unadulterated Hollywoodisms in spots, it is a generally straight-forward and imaginative estimate of a two-century-old sociological theme.

Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh

Robson's notably unpoetic direction doesn't help, either; yet few Hollywood films ever had such ambition.

Time Out

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