The Spiral Staircase
Conflicts that freeze your emotions! Suspense that takes your breath!
2/6/1946
Imdb: tt0038975
Tmdb: 27452
Popularity: 8.27
Vote: 7.1/10 (244)

On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer.
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
Rhys Williams
Mr. Oates
James Bell
Constable
Erville Alderson
Dr. Harvey (uncredited)
Ellen Corby
Neighbour (uncredited)
Myrna Dell
Murder Victim (uncredited)
George Holmes
The Killer's 'Shadow' (uncredited)
Stanley Price
Starry-eyed Man (uncredited)
Robert Siodmak
The Killer's 'Eye' (uncredited)
Richard Tyler
Freddy (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim
Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Larry Wheat
Minister (uncredited)
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based on novel or book
staircase
childhood trauma
violence against women
half-brother
stepson
mute
serial killer
killer
old dark house
gothic
spiral staircase
speech impediment
bedridden
stormy night
pair of evil eyes
physical disability
proto-slasher
speech impaired
spree killer
mute servant
traumatized woman
imperfection
horror noir
lost voice
target the handicapped