Pimeät portaat was released in the year 1960。Pimeät portaat is also called as The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, Mørket ovenpå, Mörkret i trappan, Escuro no Cimo das Escadas, En la escalera oscura, Dunkle am Ende der Treppe, Buio in cima alle scale。

In Oklahoma in the 1920s, Ruben Flood loses his job as a traveling salesman, when the company goes bankrupt. This adds to his worries at home. His wife Cora is frigid because of trying to make ends meet. His teenage daughter Reenie is afraid of going out on dates, but eventually makes friends with a troubled Jewish boy Sammy, and his son is a mama's boy. He finally storms out of the house when Cora falsely accuses him of having an affair with Mavis Pruitt.

Pimeät portaat actors and actresses include Angela Lansbury, Eve Arden。