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The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

Film character

Cora Flood

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs 1960

played by Dorothy McGuire

7.1/10 · 912 votes Drama

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The film

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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Also in The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

  1. The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
    Flirt Conroy The Dark at the Top of the Stairs 1960 played by Penney Parker
  2. The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
    Harry Ralston The Dark at the Top of the Stairs 1960 played by Ken Lynch
  3. The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
    Lottie Lacey The Dark at the Top of the Stairs 1960 played by Eve Arden
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    Mavis Pruitt The Dark at the Top of the Stairs 1960 played by Angela Lansbury
  5. The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
    Morris Lacey The Dark at the Top of the Stairs 1960 played by Frank Overton
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    Reenie Flood The Dark at the Top of the Stairs 1960 played by Shirley Knight
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    Rubin Flood The Dark at the Top of the Stairs 1960 played by Robert Preston
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    Sammy Golden The Dark at the Top of the Stairs 1960 played by Lee Kinsolving

Elsewhere on screen, Cora

  1. Argo
    Cora Lijek Argo 2012 played by Clea DuVall
  2. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
    Cora Hudson What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 1962 played by Anne Barton
  3. Hope Springs
    Cora, The Waitress Hope Springs 2012 played by Becky Ann Baker
  4. Downton Abbey: A New Era
    Cora Grantham Downton Abbey: A New Era 2022 played by Elizabeth McGovern
  5. The Postman Always Rings Twice
    Cora Papadakis The Postman Always Rings Twice 1981 played by Jessica Lange
  6. The Postman Always Rings Twice
    Cora Smith The Postman Always Rings Twice 1946 played by Lana Turner
  7. Fantastic Voyage
    Cora Peterson Fantastic Voyage 1966 played by Raquel Welch
  8. The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
    Cora Hallet The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane 1976 played by Alexis Smith