| The Dark Stairway | |
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| Directed by | Arthur B. Woods |
| Written by | Basil Dillon Brock Williams. Novel: From What Dark Stairway by Mignon G. Eberhart |
| Produced by | Irving Asher |
| Starring | Hugh Williams Chili Bouchier |
| Cinematography | Robert LaPresle |
| Distributed by | Warner Brothers-First National Productions |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Dark Stairway is a 1938 British crime film, directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Hugh Williams, Chili Bouchier and Garry Marsh.
The film was a quota quickie production, based on the 1931 novel From This Dark Stairway by Mignon G. Eberhart. In the film, professional jealousy and rivalry erupts in a hospital over the discovery of a revolutionary new formula for anaesthetic, leading to murder. The Dark Stairway is now classed as a lost film. [1]