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!

Released: 1960-09-28

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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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Robert Preston

as Rubin Flood

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Dorothy McGuire

as Cora Flood

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Eve Arden

as Lottie Lacey

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Angela Lansbury

as Mavis Pruitt

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Shirley Knight

as Reenie Flood

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Lee Kinsolving

as Sammy Golden

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Frank Overton

as Morris Lacey

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Penny Parker

as Flirt Conway

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Robert Eyer

as Sonny Flood

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Ken Lynch

as Harry Ralston

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Mary Patton

as Peg Ralston

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Emerson Treacy

as George, the banker

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Peg La Centra

as Edna Harper

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Paul Comi

as Jenkins

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