Customize Results:
Male Female

Weight in lbs.


Height
ft   in

Age



The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

[BE THE FIRST TO RATE THIS MOVIE]
Calorie Rating: 174
Released: 1960-09-28
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 124 Minutes
Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures,


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.

Director / Directors



Cast

Robert Preston
Character: Rubin Flood
Dorothy McGuire
Character: Cora Flood
Eve Arden
Character: Lottie Lacey

Angela Lansbury
Character: Mavis Pruitt
Shirley Knight
Character: Reenie Flood
Lee Kinsolving
Character: Sammy Golden

Frank Overton
Character: Morris Lacey
Penny Parker
Character: Flirt Conway
Robert Eyer
Character: Sonny Flood

Robin Warga
Character: Harold
Ken Lynch
Character: Harry Ralston
Mary Patton
Character: Peg Ralston

Addison Richards
Character: Harris
Helen Wallace
Character: Lydia Harper
Emerson Treacy
Character: George, the banker

Peg La Centra
Character: Edna Harper
Paul Comi
Character: Jenkins


Production and Crew

Irving Ravetch
Screenplay
Max Steiner
Original Music Composer

Marjorie Best
Costume Design
William Inge
Theatre Play

Harry Stradling Sr.
Director of Photography
Leo K. Kuter
Art Direction

George James Hopkins
Set Decoration