The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
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The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

6.5/ 10

TMDB Rating

15

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1960

Release Year

124 min

Runtime

Drama

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.

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Keywords

infidelity
salesman
antisemitism
1920s

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