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The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

Directed by Delbert Mann
1960    2h 4m    Approved
7.280%86%
In Oklahoma in the 1920s, Rubin Flood (Robert Preston) loses his job as a travelling salesman when the company goes bankrupt. This adds to his worries at home. His wife Cora (Dorothy McGuire) is frigid because of trying to make ends meet. His teenage daughter Reenie (Shirley Knight) is afraid of going out on dates, but eventually makes friends with a troubled Jewish boy Sammy Golden (Lee Kinsolving), 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 (Dame Angela Lansbury).
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Cast of The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
  • Robert PrestonRubin Flood
  • Dorothy McGuireCora Flood
  • Eve ArdenLottie Lacey
  • Angela LansburyMavis Pruitt
  • Shirley KnightReenie Flood
  • Lee KinsolvingSammy Golden
  • Frank OvertonMorris Lacey
  • Penny ParkerFlirt Conway
  • Robert EyerSonny Flood
  • Robin WargaHarold
  • Ken LynchHarry Ralston
  • Mary PattonPeg Ralston
  • Addison RichardsHarris
  • Helen WallaceLydia Harper
  • Emerson TreacyGeorge, the banker
  • Peg La CentraEdna Harper
  • Paul ComiJenkins
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