The Staircase

TV Movie
19981998
GG
1h 36min

A small chapel's choir loft survives incomplete with no staircase, until one day a mysterious drifter, with a background in carpentry, arrives in town.A small chapel's choir loft survives incomplete with no staircase, until one day a mysterious drifter, with a background in carpentry, arrives in town.A small chapel's choir loft survives incomplete with no staircase, until one day a mysterious drifter, with a background in carpentry, arrives in town.A small chapel's choir loft survives incomplete with no staircase, until one day a mysterious drifter, with a background in carpentry, arrives in town.A small chapel's choir loft survives incomplete with no staircase, until one day a mysterious drifter, with a background in carpentry, arrives in town.

Top credits

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Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations

Barbara Hershey and William Petersen in The Staircase (1998)

5.7

The Staircase Murders

7.5

The Staircase: An American Murder Mystery

5.9

Kiss the Sky

The Staircase

7.9

The Staircase

7.5

The Staircase II: The Last Chance

6.0

6.3

5.4

5.3

4.7

7.4

The sisters of the legendary Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico have lived for years with an unfinished choir loft, until one day a mysterious drifter (Petersen) arrives in town (just passing through), and is hired by the Reverend Mother (Hersey) to complete the work. —peanutlee33

chapel tragic ending nun dying church

Taglines
- Her faith made a miracle. His creation made a legend.
Genres
- Drama
- Western
Certificate
- G
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
If you look at the cane Barbara Hershey is using it is rather ornate/expensive for a nun. Even if it was given to her by someone.

Top review

Sweet and Kind is he...

Mr. Joad. I always wondered if he ever told her he loved her and her name. It was so touching how in the end he said her name and threw a flower in the air. Then he rode off, William Petersen (Mr. Joad) always played the macho man so I was rather suprised when he played a kind gentle man!

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