

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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Boris Karloff
George Sims

Anna Lee
Nell Bowen

Billy House
Lord Mortimer

Richard Fraser
The Stonemason

Glen Vernon
The Gilded Boy

Ian Wolfe
Sidney Long

Jason Robards Sr.
Oliver Todd

Leyland Hodgson
'That Devil' Wilkes

Joan Newton
Dorothea the Dove

Elizabeth Russell
Mistress Sims

Larry Wheat
Podge (uncredited)

Skelton Knaggs
Varney (uncredited)
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