feature in 1955 the cobweb be an all star cast range from silent screen veteran lillian gish to actor studio progeny susan strasberg . set at an exclusive psychiatric hospital and what be this movie about you wonder . high drama . doctor and patient relationship . shock therapy treatment . no and this howler be about who exactly will get to pick the drapery for a psychiatric hospital . you think i be kid . you would not believe your eye a youre watch this unbelievable storyline that be turn into a movie . progressive head shrink dr. mciver ( richard widmark ) want to have all of the hospital patient involve in the design and selection and execution of the needed new drapery . mciver wife play by marble mouth gloria graham want to get her 2 cent in on this monumental task too . so do long time staffer miss inch ( lillian gish ) . direct by vincent minelli and you kinda wonder if he really become this overly involve in minute detail because of his marriage to worry wart judy garland . talented actor like lauren bacall and susan strasberg and charles boyer and and john kerr be waste in this hokey story . what be they think .