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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.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.
- $750,000
- Roy Webb
- February 6, 1946
- Dore Schary
Jan 31, 1975 · The Spiral Staircase: Directed by Peter Collinson. With Jacqueline Bisset, Christopher Plummer, John Phillip Law, Sam Wanamaker. In a remake of the 1940s film, Helen has been incapable of speech since seeing her husband die - will she become the target of a deranged serial killer targeting disabled people?
- (581)
- Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Peter Collinson
- 1975-01-31
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. Newcomer Dr. Parry falls in love with Helen and intends to take her to specialists in Boston who could help her recover her voice, and he also ...
The 1975 British film The Spiral Staircase, starring Jacqueline Bisset and Christopher Plummer and directed by Peter Collinson, was also based on White's novel. In 1961, NBC broadcast a televised version of White's novel titled The Spiral Staircase, starring Lillian Gish, Gig Young and Eddie Albert and directed by Boris Sagal. Another ...
Critics reviews. Robert Siodmak’s The Spiral Staircase is a classic Hitchcockian thriller set in a shadow-filled Victorian house. The manor’s mute servant girl, Helen, is threatened by a murderer on the premises—a killer who targets those burdened by afflictions….
