The Staircase (1998 film)
The Staircase is a 1998 television film about the story of the spiral staircase, believed by some to be miraculously built, at the Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The film stars Barbara Hershey as Mother Madalyn in charge of the chapel and William Petersen as Joad, the traveling carpenter with spiritual talent as well as woodworking skill. It is based on the novel of the same name by Ann Rinaldi.Plot
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, Joad, arrives in town and is hired by the Reverend Mother Madalyn to complete the work.
