Title:The Spiral Staircase

Date: 1946
Type: Psychological thriller
Rating: 4/5
Colour: Black and White
Director: Robert Siodmak
Producer: Dore Schary

Comment
A mute maid is looking after an elderly bedridden woman in a rambling mansion also occupied by her two sons and a housekeeper. A serial killer is killing people with deformities and the old woman fears for the mute maid. This is a good tense psychological thriller that builds up to nice climax. There is a good performance from Dorothy McGuire as the mute but it is Etheel Barrymore who gives the best performance as the concerned old woman.
Actors
Dorothy McGuire
George Brent
Ethel Barrymore
Kent Smith
Rhonda Fleming
Gordon Oliver
Elsa Lanchester
Sara Allgood
Rhys Williams
James Bell
Oscars
None
Production
RKO Radio Pictures