CinemaOSMovie · 1960 · 2h 4m · NR

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

Everytime a woman turns her face away because she's tired or unwilling - there's someone waiting like me!

65%(15)IMDbDrama

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.

Directed byDelbert Mann

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 4m
Language
EN
Released
September 28, 1960
Studios
Warner Bros. Pictures

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Robert Preston

Robert Preston

Rubin Flood

Dorothy McGuire

Dorothy McGuire

Cora Flood

Eve Arden

Eve Arden

Lottie Lacey

Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury

Mavis Pruitt

Shirley Knight

Shirley Knight

Reenie Flood

Lee Kinsolving

Lee Kinsolving

Sammy Golden

Frank Overton

Frank Overton

Morris Lacey

Penny Parker

Flirt Conway

Robert Eyer

Sonny Flood

Robin Warga

Harold

Creative team
Directed by
Delbert Mann
Delbert Mann
Written by
Irving Ravetch
Harriet Frank Jr.
Harriet Frank Jr.
Produced by
Michael Garrison

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