Bedlam

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"Bedlam" is a 1946 psychological horror film directed by Mark Robson, loosely inspired by William Hogarth’s "A Rake’s Progress" and set in London’s infamous Bethlem Royal Hospital.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
psychological horror film
basedOn A Rake’s Progress series
surface form: A Rake’s Progress
basedOnWorkBy Hogarth
surface form: William Hogarth
blackAndWhite true
cinematographyBy Nicholas Musuraca
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Mark Robson
distributor RKO Radio Pictures
editedBy Lyle Boyer
filmFormat 35 mm
filmingStyle black-and-white cinematography
genre horror film
psychological horror
hasCharacter Master George Sims
Nell Bowen
hasPosterArtStyle 1940s horror promotion
inspiredBy A Rake’s Progress series
surface form: A Rake’s Progress
musicBy Roy Webb
narrativeFocus conditions in an insane asylum
notableFor atmospheric psychological horror tone
use of Hogarth-inspired imagery
originalLanguage English
partOfCycle Val Lewton horror films for RKO
portraysInstitution Bethlem Royal Hospital
portraysTheme abuse of power in mental institutions
sanity and madness
producer Val Lewton
productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures
releaseDateInUSA 1946
releaseYear 1946
runtimeMinutes 79
screenwriter Mark Robson
Val Lewton
setting Bethlem Royal Hospital
London, England
surface form: London
starring Anna Lee
Billy House
Boris Karloff
Elizabeth Russell
Ian Wolfe
Richard Fraser
timePeriodSetting 18th century
title Bedlam

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Mark Robson notableWork Bedlam
Mark Robson directed Bedlam
Val Lewton produced Bedlam
Gemma Chan appearedIn Bedlam
Ian Wolfe notableWork Bedlam
Nicholas Musuraca workedOn Bedlam