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The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

Film character

Mavis Pruitt

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs 1960

played by Angela Lansbury

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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The name

Also in The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

  1. The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
    Cora Flood The Dark at the Top of the Stairs 1960 played by Dorothy McGuire
  2. The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
    Flirt Conroy The Dark at the Top of the Stairs 1960 played by Penney Parker
  3. The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
    Harry Ralston The Dark at the Top of the Stairs 1960 played by Ken Lynch
  4. The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
    Lottie Lacey The Dark at the Top of the Stairs 1960 played by Eve Arden
  5. The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
    Morris Lacey The Dark at the Top of the Stairs 1960 played by Frank Overton
  6. The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
    Reenie Flood The Dark at the Top of the Stairs 1960 played by Shirley Knight
  7. The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
    Rubin Flood The Dark at the Top of the Stairs 1960 played by Robert Preston
  8. The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
    Sammy Golden The Dark at the Top of the Stairs 1960 played by Lee Kinsolving

Elsewhere on screen, Mavis

  1. Beautiful Creatures
    Mavis Lincoln Beautiful Creatures 2013 played by Emma Thompson
  2. Young Adult
    Mavis Gary Young Adult 2011 played by Charlize Theron
  3. Out to Sea
    Mavis LaBreche Out to Sea 1997 played by Elaine Stritch
  4. The Drowning Pool
    Mavis Kilbourne The Drowning Pool 1975 played by Gail Strickland
  5. Marlowe
    Mavis Wald Marlowe 1969 played by Gayle Hunnicutt
  6. Black Angel
    Mavis Marlowe Black Angel 1946 played by Constance Dowling
  7. Island in the Sun
    Mavis Norman Island in the Sun 1957 played by Joan Fontaine
  8. Stepping Out
    Mavis Turner Stepping Out 1991 played by Liza Minnelli