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The Spiral Staircase
On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer.
1946 · Directed by Robert Siodmak · 83 min · Horror · Mystery · Thriller · Drama · 8 frames
Tagline
Conflicts that freeze your emotions! Suspense that takes your breath!
Crew
- Screenplay: Mel Dinelli
- Cinematography: Nicholas Musuraca
- Edited by: Harry Gerstad, Harry Marker
- Music: Roy Webb
- Produced by: Dore Schary
Cast
- Dorothy McGuire as Helen
- George Brent as Professor Warren
- Ethel Barrymore as Mrs. Warren
- Kent Smith as Dr. Parry
- Rhonda Fleming as Blanche
- Gordon Oliver as Steve Warren
- Elsa Lanchester as Mrs. Oates
- Sara Allgood as Nurse Barker
- Rhys Williams as Mr. Oates
- James Bell as Constable
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: RKO Radio Pictures, Dore Schary Productions, Vanguard Films
- Budget: $750,000
- Box office: $2,800,000
- Themes: based on novel or book, staircase, childhood trauma, violence against women, half-brother, stepson, mute, serial killer, killer, old dark house
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