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The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)

Drama

Everytime a woman turns her face away because she's tired or unwilling - there's someone waiting like me!

Release Date: 1960, September 28
Directors: Delbert Mann
Countries: United States of America
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast: Addison Richards, Helen Wallace, Emerson Treacy, Angela Lansbury, Eve Arden, Shirley Knight, Ken Lynch, Frank Overton, Dorothy McGuire, Robert Preston, Paul Comi, Penny Parker

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

infidelity antisemitism 1920s salesman