The Spiral Staircase (1946)
Popularity4.5/5
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Directors
Robert Siodmak
Cast
Dorothy McGuire, Kent Smith, Ethel Barrymore, George Brent, Gordon Oliver, Rhonda Fleming, Elsa Lanchester, Sara Allgood, Rhys Williams, James Bell
The story
In a village in 1906 Vermont, Helen, a mute girl, attends a silent film screening in a local inn. During the screening, a lame woman limps out of the theatre to her room. She is strangled by a man who was hiding in her closet.
Genres
Mysterie, drama film, film noir, horror film, mystery film
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