The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)

6.5/10 • 124 min • Drama

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.

Cast

Robert Preston

Dorothy McGuire

Eve Arden

Angela Lansbury

Shirley Knight

Lee Kinsolving

Frank Overton

Morris Lacey

Ken Lynch

Mary Patton

Addison Richards

Helen Wallace

Emerson Treacy

George, the banker

Peg La Centra

Paul Comi

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