Movie: The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

Top 10 Billed Cast

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

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  • 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.

  • Release Date

    1960-09-28

  • Average

    6.7

  • Rating:

    3.4 starts
  • Tagline

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

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English
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