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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.

Release: 1960

Rating: 6.308

Genre: Drama

Duration: 124 min

Country: United States of America

Production: Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

Robert Preston

Robert Preston

as Rubin Flood

Dorothy McGuire

Dorothy McGuire

as Cora Flood

Eve Arden

Eve Arden

as Lottie Lacey

Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury

as Mavis Pruitt

Shirley Knight

Shirley Knight

as Reenie Flood

Lee Kinsolving

Lee Kinsolving

as Sammy Golden

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