Staircase is a 1969 film adaptation of a two-character play, also called Staircase, by Charles Dyer. The film, like the play, is about an aging gay couple who own a barber shop in the East End of London. One of them is a part-time actor about to go on trial for propositioning a police officer. The action takes place over the course of one night as they discuss their loving but often volatile past together and possible future without each other. The two main characters are named Charles Dyer and Harry C. Leeds, which is an anagram of his name. The screenplay was written by Dyer, and the film... was directed by Stanley Donen. Dyer "opened up" the script to show the couple's neighborhood, expanded the action to cover a period of ten days, and added characters. Rex Harrison and Richard Burton portrayed the couple and Cathleen Nesbitt and Beatrix Lehmann were featured as their mothers. The film was produced by 20th Century Fox. Because of Great Britain's tax laws, the stars insisted that the film be shot in Paris, which added to the film's budget, already inflated by their salaries .
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| Release date: | 1969 |
| Directed by: | Stanley Donen |
| Runtime: | 96 Minutes |
| Music by: | Dudley Moore |
| Adapted from: | Staircase |
| Genre: | Comedy |