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 safety she makes plans to leave the dark old house, but it is too late. The maniac is in the house, and she is his prey. Cinematography by Nicholas Musuraca (Jacques Tourneur’s Out of the Past, Cat People).

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SPECS

Director: Robert Siodmak

Starring: Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, Ethel Barrymore

Country: USA

Production Year: 1946

Discs: 1 Blu-ray Disc

Region: A

Run Time: 83 minutes

Formats: Color; 1.37:1

Audio: English

Subtitle: English

AKA: Silence of Helen McCord

Studio: Kino Lorber

SPECIAL FEATURES

NEW 4K REMASTER OF THE FILM struck from a fine grain master

Audio Commentary by Film Historian Imogen Sara Smith

Screen Director’s Playhouse Radio Broadcast of “The Spiral Staircase” with Dorothy McGuire and Robert Siodmak (1945)

Original Theatrical Trailer

Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature

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