The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)

Everytime a woman turns her face away because she's tired or unwilling - there's someone waiting like me!

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1960-09-28
  • User Rating: 6.7/10 from 11 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 4min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
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Summary

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.

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Sound Max Steiner Original Music Composer
Art George James Hopkins Set Decoration
Editing Folmar Blangsted Editor
Costume & Make-Up Marjorie Best Costume Design
Camera Harry Stradling Sr. Director of Photography
Writing Irving Ravetch Screenplay
Writing Harriet Frank Jr. Screenplay
Directing Delbert Mann Director
Writing William Inge Theatre Play
Art Leo K. Kuter Art Direction
Production Michael Garrison Producer
Art Robert Turner Props