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The Spiral Staircase
"Conflicts that freeze your emotions! Suspense that takes your breath!"
User Score268 votes
71%7.1/10
Release1946→
Runtime1H 23M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Synopsis
On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer.
Principal Cast8
Dorothy McGuire
Helen
George Brent
Professor Warren
Ethel Barrymore
Mrs. Warren
Kent Smith
Dr. Parry
Rhonda Fleming
Blanche
Gordon Oliver
Steve Warren
Elsa Lanchester
Mrs. Oates
Sara Allgood
Nurse Barker
Media28
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Director
Robert Siodmak
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Budget$1M
Revenue$3M
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NRKeywords
based on novel or bookstaircasechildhood traumaviolence against womenhalf-brotherstepsonmuteserial killerkillerold dark housegothicspiral staircasespeech impedimentbedriddenstormy nightpair of evil eyesphysical disabilityproto-slasherspeech impairedspree killermute servanttraumatized womanimperfectionhorror noirlost voicetarget the handicapped
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Countries:United States of America
Production:RKO Radio PicturesDore Schary ProductionsVanguard Films