The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

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.

Cast

Robert Preston

Rubin Flood

Dorothy McGuire

Cora Flood

Eve Arden

Lottie Lacey

Angela Lansbury

Mavis Pruitt

Shirley Knight

Reenie Flood

Lee Kinsolving

Sammy Golden

Frank Overton

Morris Lacey

Penny Parker

Flirt Conway

Robert Eyer

Sonny Flood

Robin Warga

Harold