The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

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.

Genre: Drama

Stars: Robert Preston, Dorothy McGuire, Eve Arden, Angela Lansbury, Shirley Knight, Lee Kinsolving

Crew: Delbert Mann (Director), William Inge (Theatre Play), Max Steiner (Original Music Composer), Michael Garrison (Producer), Harry Stradling Sr. (Director of Photography), Harriet Frank Jr. (Screenplay)

Country: United States of America

Language: English

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Runtime: 124 minutes

Quality: HD

Released: Sep 28, 1960

IMDb: 4.3

Keywords:infidelity, salesman, anti-semitism, 1920s

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