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The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)

2h 4m

Running Time

September 28, 1960
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The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)

Name: The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Genre: Drama
Released: 1960-09-28

2h 4m

Running Time

September 28, 1960
Release Date

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Plot.

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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Details.

Release Date
September 28, 1960

Status
Released

Running Time
2h 4m

Content Rating
NR

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-03-02

This Movie Is About.

anti semitism

salesman

1920s

infidelity

Wiki.

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs is a 1960 American drama film directed by Delbert Mann and starring Robert Preston and Dorothy McGuire. Shirley Knight garnered an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress and Lee Kinsolving was nominated for a Golden Globe Award as Best Supporting Actor. Knight was also nominated for two Golden Globes. Mann's direction was nominated for a Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing in a Feature Film. The film was based on the Tony Award-nominated 1957 play of the same name by William Inge.