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Set over the course of one evening, the film follows a mute young woman in an early-20th century Vermont town who is stalked and terrorized in a rural mansion by a serial killer targeting women with disabilities. Gordon Oliver, Rhonda Fleming, and Elsa Lanchester appear in supporting roles.
The Spiral Staircase: Directed by Robert Siodmak. With Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, Ethel Barrymore, Kent Smith. In 1916, a shadowy serial killer is targeting women with "afflictions"; one night during a thunderstorm, the mute Helen feels menaced.
- (11K)
- Drama, Horror, Mystery
- Robert Siodmak
- 1946-02-07
The Spiral Staircase Is A 1946 American Psychological Horror Film.Directed By Robert Siodmak And Starring Dorothy Mcguire, George Brent, And Ethel Barrymore....
- 84 min
- 125.1K
- FULL MONOCHROME FILMS
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A young mute woman who is working in a New England mansion as a domestic is terrorized by a maniac who is killing off people with disabilities. After being warned of the danger to her personal ...
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- Dorothy Mcguire
- Robert Siodmak
- Mystery & Thriller
The Spiral Staircase (1946) is a compact thriller set in turn-of-the-century New England. Dorothy McGuire stars as Helen, a young mute working as a servant in a gothic mansion dominated by dying matriarch Mrs. Warren (Ethel Barrymore, in an Oscar®-nominated performance).
At the beginning of the 20th century, a serial killer is terrorizing a small town, killing women with imperfections. In the Warren manor, mute housemaid Helen nurses Mrs. Warren who is terminal in bed.