The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.2/10   

Director:

Delbert Mann

Escritores:

Harriet Frank Jr. (writer)
William Inge (play)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

10 febrero 1961 (Finland)

Género:

Drama

Frase comercial:

Everytime a woman turns her face away because she's tired or unwilling - there's someone waiting like me!

Plot:

In Oklahoma in the 1920s, Ruben Flood loses his job as a traveling salesman, when the company goes bankrupt...

Plot Keywords:

Salesman | 1920s | Anti Semitism | Reference To Adam And Eve | Loss Of Job

Premios:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

TRULY A TOUCHING FILM

Reparto

Robert Preston	...	Rubin Flood
Dorothy McGuire	...	Cora Flood
Eve Arden	...	Lottie Lacey
Angela Lansbury	...	Mavis Pruitt, Beauty Parlor Proprietress
Shirley Knight	...	Reenie Flood
Lee Kinsolving	...	Sammy Golden
Frank Overton	...	Morris Lacey
Robert Eyer	...	Sonny Flood
Penny Parker	...	Flirt Conroy
Ken Lynch	...	Harry Ralston

También conocida como:

En la escalera oscura (Spain) [es]
La oscuridad en lo alto de la escalera (Spain) [es]

Duración:

124 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Clasificación:

Finland:K-16

Compañía:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivialidades:

The original Broadway production of "Dark at the Top of the Stairs" by William Inge opened at the Music Box Theater in New York City on December 5, 1957, ran for 468 performances and was nominated for the 1958 Tony Award for the Best Play. Frank Overton recreated his stage role as Morris Lacey in the movie version.

Citas:

Rubin Flood: Oh, you always got a excuse. But the plain fact is, a lot of time goes by without our making love. Cora, this is a marriage!
Cora Flood: There are other things in marriage.
Rubin Flood: Yeah, but the part I'm talking about is natural! It's normal and it's necessary! God planned it that way, and ain't nobody come up with anything better since Adam and Eve!

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en "Biography: Angela Lansbury: A Balancing Act" (1998)

TRULY A TOUCHING FILM

I'm known as a soft touch when it comes to the films I enjoy but this movie also touched and affected my two teenage sons who accidentally were caught up in it while I was watching it. It is very poignant especially the religious prejudice and the pain & destruction it caused. This is a tasteful story of first love, love lost and love re-discovered. The characters are wonderful. I hope to have an opportunity to tape it or even better to purchase it.