Approved | 2 h 4 min | Drama

IMDB 7.3 / 10 (781 votes)

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs | United States of America

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In Oklahoma in the 1920s, Rubin Flood loses his job as a travelling 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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Description

Director

Delbert Mann

Writers

Irving Ravetch
Harriet Frank Jr.

Stars

Robert Preston
Rubin Flood

Dorothy McGuire
Cora Flood

Eve Arden
Lottie Lacey

Angela Lansbury
Mavis Pruitt

Shirley Knight
Reenie Flood

Lee Kinsolving
Sammy Golden

Frank Overton
Morris Lacey

Penny Parker
Flirt Conway

Robert Eyer
Sonny Flood

Robin Warga
Harold

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Keywords

1920s, infidelity, anti semitism, salesman

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures

Actor

Robert Preston, Dorothy McGuire, Eve Arden, Angela Lansbury, Shirley Knight, Lee Kinsolving, Frank Overton, Penny Parker, Robert Eyer, Robin Warga, Ken Lynch, Mary Patton, Addison Richards, Helen Wallace, Emerson Treacy, Peg La Centra

Creators

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

Alternative titles

琴瑟怨 (CN)

Release dates

22.09.1960 (US)
28.09.1960 (US)
08.10.1960 (US)

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)

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