The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)
Directed by Delbert Mann · 124 min · Drama
13.5 TOPICAL score · #5,211 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960, directed by Delbert Mann) has a TOPICAL score of 13.5 - ranked 5,211 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and cast, and lowest on historical impact. It won 1 award from 2 nominations, including the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films. Audiences: TMDB 6.5/10 (15 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 10 languages.
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- AudienceTMDB 6.5/10 (15 ratings)
- Awards1 win, 2 nominations - incl. National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 10 languages
- Still read2,139 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Robert Preston (actor #1,248), Dorothy McGuire (actor #1,121), Eve Arden (actor #1,076), Angela Lansbury (actor #323)