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The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)
Directed by Delbert Mann
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.
Rated NR | Length 124 minutes
Actors
Robert Preston | Dorothy McGuire | Eve Arden | Angela Lansbury | Shirley Knight | Lee Kinsolving | Frank Overton | Penny Parker | Robert Eyer | Robin Warga | Ken Lynch | Mary Patton | Addison Richards | Helen Wallace | Emerson Treacy | Peg La Centra | Paul Comi