The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)
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.
Director:
Delbert Mann
Writers:
Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr..
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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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Robin Warga as Harold |
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Ken Lynch as Harry Ralston |
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Mary Patton as Peg Ralston |
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Addison Richards as Harris |
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Helen Wallace as Lydia Harper |
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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 |
| Directing | Delbert Mann | Director |
| Writing | Irving Ravetch | Screenplay |
| Writing | Harriet Frank Jr. | Screenplay |
| Sound | Max Steiner | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | William Inge | Theatre Play |
| Camera | Harry Stradling Sr. | Director of Photography |
| Production | Michael Garrison | Producer |
| Editing | Folmar Blangsted | Editor |
| Art | Leo K. Kuter | Art Direction |
| Art | George James Hopkins | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marjorie Best | Costume Design |
| Art | Robert Turner | Props |
