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!
1960-09-28 | 124 minutes
Plot Summary
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
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Robert PrestonRubin Flood
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Dorothy McGuireCora Flood
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Eve ArdenLottie Lacey
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Angela LansburyMavis Pruitt
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Shirley KnightReenie Flood
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Lee KinsolvingSammy Golden
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Frank OvertonMorris Lacey
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Ken LynchHarry Ralston
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Mary PattonPeg Ralston
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Addison RichardsHarris
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Emerson TreacyGeorge, the banker
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Peg La CentraEdna Harper
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Paul ComiJenkins
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