The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1960-10-08

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

124 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (546 Reviews)

Director:

Delbert Mann

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Robert Preston Dorothy McGuire Eve Arden Angela Lansbury

Writer:

Harriet Frank Jr. (screenplay)

Irving Ravetch (screenplay)

William Inge (based on the play by)

Fullplot:

In Oklahoma in the 1920s, Ruben 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, 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.

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