The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

Sep 28, 1960

2h 4m

★ 6.3

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

Rubin Flood

Robert Preston

Cora Flood

Dorothy McGuire

Lottie Lacey

Eve Arden

Mavis Pruitt

Angela Lansbury

Reenie Flood

Shirley Knight

Sammy Golden

Lee Kinsolving

Morris Lacey

Frank Overton

Flirt Conway

Penny Parker

Sonny Flood

Robert Eyer

Harold

Robin Warga

Harry Ralston

Ken Lynch

Peg Ralston

Mary Patton

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