The Dark at the Top of the Stairs 1960

Synopsis:

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.

Directed by: Delbert Mann
Written by: Irving Ravetch & Harriet Frank Jr.
Runtime: 124 minutes
Tagline: Everytime a woman turns her face away because she's tired or unwilling - there's someone waiting like me!
Cast:
Robert Preston
Robert Preston
Rubin Flood 
Dorothy McGuire
Dorothy McGuire
Cora Flood 
Eve Arden
Eve Arden
Lottie Lacey 
Angela Lansbury
Angela Lansbury
Mavis Pruitt 
Shirley Knight
Shirley Knight
Reenie Flood 
Lee Kinsolving
Lee Kinsolving
Sammy Golden