The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
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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HD
Drama
1960
124 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
- Duration : 124 min
- Languages : English
- Writers : Harriet Frank Jr. (screenplay), Irving Ravetch (screenplay), William Inge (based on the play by)
- Directors : Delbert Mann min
- Imdb : 7.4 (546 votes)
- Tomatoes : 3.6 (191 votes)
- Actors : Robert Preston, Dorothy McGuire, Eve Arden, Angela Lansbury
Movie Storyline
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.