Directed by:
Peter CollinsonCinematography:
Ken HodgesCast:
Jacqueline Bisset, Christopher Plummer, John Phillip Law, Sam Wanamaker, Mildred Dunnock, Gayle Hunnicutt, Elaine Stritch, Ronald Radd, Sheila Brennan (more)Plots(1)
Jacqueline Bisset and Christopher Plummer headline this fear-choked modernization of the famed 1946 Gothic shocker. Bisset is Helen, a mute woman who stops overnight at her family's remote country mansion. There, Helen's Uncle Sherman (Plummer) runs a respected psychological institute. And there, an unseen eye stares out at Helen from the shadows. When a storm plunges the house into darkness, the terror erupts and Helen's horror has only just begun. So have the convoluted steps leading to the suspense-filled end of The Spiral Staircase. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jacqueline Bisset
UK
Best movies:
The Man from Acapulco (1973)
Day for Night (1973)
New Year's Day (2000)
Christopher Plummer
Canada
Best movies:
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
My Brother Tom (1986) (TV movie)
12 Monkeys (1995)
John Phillip Law
USA
Best movies:
High Infidelity (1964)
The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
The Sergeant (1968)
Sam Wanamaker
USA
Best movies:
Mildred Dunnock
USA
Best movies:
The Nun's Story (1959)
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
Peyton Place (1957)
Gayle Hunnicutt
USA
Best movies:
A Woman of Substance (1984) (TV movie)
Fantômas (1980) (series)
Strange Shadows in an Empty Room (1976)
Elaine Stritch
USA
Best movies:
Providence (1977)
Small Time Crooks (2000)
Three Violent People (1956)
Ronald Radd
UK
Best movies:
The Double Man (1967)
The Camp on Blood Island (1958)
The Offence (1973)
Sheila Brennan
Best movies:
Captain Lightfoot (1955)
S.O.S. Titanic (1979) (TV movie)
The Spiral Staircase (1975)
John Ronane
UK
Best movies:
King Rat (1965)
A Kind of Loving (1962)
Operation Crossbow (1965)