Man in the Attic
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Man in the Attic is a 1953 thriller film directed by Hugo Fregonese. It was released in the United States on December 23. The movie, based on the novel The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes, fictionalizes the Jack the Ripper killings.
The story takes place in London, 1888. On the third night of the Jack the Ripper killings, a man rents out an attic from an older couple in need of extra income. The man, a research pathologist, begins working on his experiments in the rooms. Helen Harley (Bavier) becomes suspicious of the man, especially when her niece shows an interest in him.
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- Jack Palance as Slade
- Constance Smith as Lily Bonner
- Byron Palmer as Insp. Paul Warwick
- Frances Bavier as Helen Harley
- Rhys Williams as William Harley
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