Kino Lorber have confirmed that they are preparing a Blu-ray release of director Robert Siodmak's film
The Spiral Staircase (1946), starring Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, Ethel Barrymore, Kent Smith, Rhonda Fleming, and Gordon Oliver. The release will be available for purchase later this year.
In 1947, the film won Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Ethel Barrymore).
Synopsis: 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).