The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (movie)

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (movie)

  • User score: 6.7
  • Production country: United States of America
  • Producer: Delbert Mann
  • Production companies: Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release date: 9/28/1960
  • Run time: 124 min.

Movie description

In Oklahoma in the 1920s, Rubin Flood loses his job as a traveling salesman when the company goes bankrupt. This adds to his worries at home. His wife Cora is frigid because of trying to make ends meet. His teenage daughter Reenie is afraid of going out on dates, but eventually makes friends with a troubled Jewish boy Sammy Golden, and his son is a mama's boy. He finally storms out of the house when Cora falsely accuses him of having an affair with Mavis Pruitt.

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Robert Preston

Robert Preston

Role(s): Rubin Flood

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Dorothy McGuire

Dorothy McGuire

Role(s): Cora Flood

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Eve Arden

Eve Arden

Role(s): Lottie Lacey

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Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury

Role(s): Mavis Pruitt

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Shirley Knight

Shirley Knight

Role(s): Reenie Flood

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