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The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

67.00% | September 28, 1960 | Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Delbert Mann
Director
William Inge
Theatre Play
Irving Ravetch
Screenplay
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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

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