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!
1960 · NR · 2h 4m · Drama
Genres: Drama
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.
Director: Delbert Mann
Writers: Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr.
Music by: Max Steiner
Cinematography: Harry Stradling Sr.
Editor: Folmar Blangsted
Cast
Robert Preston as Rubin FloodDorothy McGuire as Cora FloodEve Arden as Lottie LaceyAngela Lansbury as Mavis PruittShirley Knight as Reenie FloodLee Kinsolving as Sammy GoldenFrank Overton as Morris LaceyPenny Parker as Flirt ConwayRobert Eyer as Sonny FloodRobin Warga as HaroldKen Lynch as Harry RalstonMary Patton as Peg RalstonMore like this
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