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  1. The Dark at the Top of the Stairs is a 1960 American drama film directed by Delbert Mann and starring Robert Preston and Dorothy McGuire. Shirley Knight garnered an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress and Lee Kinsolving was nominated for a Golden Globe Award as Best Supporting Actor .

  2. The Dark at the Top of the Stairs: Directed by Delbert Mann. With Robert Preston, Dorothy McGuire, Eve Arden, Angela Lansbury. In Oklahoma in the 1920s, Rubin Flood (Robert Preston) loses his job as a travelling salesman when the company goes bankrupt.

    • (840)
    • Drama
    • Delbert Mann
    • 1960-10-08
  3. Brief Synopsis. Changing times create sexual tensions among members of a small-town family in the '20s. Cast & Crew. Read More. Delbert Mann. Director. Robert Preston. Rubin Flood. Dorothy Mcguire. Cora Flood. Eve Arden. Lottie. Angela Lansbury. Mavis Pruitt. Shirley Knight. Reenie Flood. Film Details. Genre. Drama. Adaptation. Release Date.

  4. He lost his job as a traveling salesman, and his increasingly distant wife, Cora (Dorothy McGuire), blames him for the family's financial troubles. His daughter (Shirley Knight), seeks refuge in ...

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    • Robert Preston
    • Delbert Mann
    • Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
  5. 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.

  6. Synopsis by Hal Erickson. Robert Preston plays the flip side of his eternally ebullient Professor Harold Hill in Dark at the Top of the Stairs. Preston portrays an early 20th-century harness salesman, fully aware that his product is rapidly becoming obsolete.

  7. Synopsis. Robert Preston plays the flip side of his eternally ebullient Professor Harold Hill in Dark at the Top of the Stairs. Preston portrays an early 20th-century harness salesman, fully aware that his product is rapidly becoming obsolete.