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The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)

6.5 | 28 Sep 1960 | Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Delbert Mann Director
William Inge Theatre Play
Irving Ravetch Screenplay
Harriet Frank Jr. Screenplay
Michael Garrison Producer
Max Steiner Original Music Composer
Harry Stradling Sr. Director of Photography
Folmar Blangsted Editor
Leo K. Kuter Art Direction
George James Hopkins Set Decoration

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960) Cast & Crew

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
Penny Parker
Flirt Conway
Robert Eyer
Robert Eyer
Sonny Flood
Robin Warga
Robin Warga
Harold

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960) Images

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