The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
"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.
About The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)
Released in 1960, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs is a drama film from Warner Bros. Pictures (United States of America). It was directed by Delbert Mann and written by Harriet Frank Jr. and Irving Ravetch. The cast is led by Robert Preston, Dorothy McGuire, Eve Arden, Angela Lansbury and Shirley Knight. With a runtime of 2h 4m, the film averages 6.5/10 across 15 TMDB ratings.
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