Man in the Attic (1953)
The Life...The Loves...The Crimes of Jack the Ripper!
London, 1888: on the night of the third Jack the Ripper killing, soft-spoken Mr. Slade, a research pathologist, takes lodgings with the Harleys, including a gloomy attic room for "experiments." Mrs. Harley finds Slade odd and increasingly suspects the worst; her niece Lily (star of a decidedly Parisian stage revue) finds him interesting and increasingly attractive. Is Lily in danger, or are her mother's suspicions merely a red herring?
- Date of release
- 1953-12-31
- TMDB
- 5.4 / 10 (54)
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Genres
- Thriller, Crime, Horror
- Director
- Hugo Fregonese
Casting
- Jack Palance — Slade
- Constance Smith — Lily Bonner
- Byron Palmer — Insp. Paul Warwick
- Frances Bavier — Helen Harley
- Rhys Williams — William Harley
- Sean McClory — Constable #1
- Leslie Bradley — Constable #2
- Tita Phillips — Daisy (the maid)
- Lester Matthews — Chief Insp. Melville
- Harry Cording — Detective Sgt. Bates
- Lilian Bond — Annie Rowley
- Isabel Jewell — Katy
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