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Tratto da una commedia di William Inge. Molti i problemi nella famiglia di Rubin Flood, un modesto venditore rimasto senza lavoro. Rubin e la moglie litigano, la figlia è spaventata per il primo ballo, il figlio è un ragazzino timidissimo. Rubin se ne va di casa sbattendo la porta e passa il week-end con una piacente vedova. Alla fine con fatica i problemi si risolveranno.
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The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)
124 min
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.