The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

October. 08,1960 NR

Rating：

7.2

Genre：

Drama

Keywords：

Infidelity 1920s Salesman

Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Robert Preston as Rubin Flood

Dorothy McGuire as Cora Flood

Eve Arden as Lottie Lacey

Angela Lansbury as Mavis Pruitt

Shirley Knight as Reenie Flood

Lee Kinsolving as Sammy Golden

Frank Overton as Morris Lacey

Mary Patton as Peg Ralston

Addison Richards as Harris

Emerson Treacy as George, the banker

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