The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Release Date: 1960-09-28
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.
Rating: 6.429 / 10
Cast
Robert Preston
as Rubin Flood
Dorothy McGuire
as Cora Flood
Eve Arden
as Lottie Lacey
Angela Lansbury
as Mavis Pruitt
Shirley Knight
as Reenie Flood
Crew
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Delbert Mann - Director
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William Inge - Theatre Play
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Irving Ravetch - Screenplay
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Harriet Frank Jr. - Screenplay
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Michael Garrison - Producer
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