Man in the Attic

DVD cover of Man in the Attic from VCI Entertainment

Man in the Attic is a 1953 mystery film directed by Hugo Fregonese. It was released in the United States on December 23 by Twentieth Century Fox. The movie, based on the novel The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes, fictionalizes the Jack the Ripper killings which was previously filmed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1927, by Maurice Elvey in 1932, by John Brahm in 1944, and subsequently by David Ondaatje in 2009.

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 (Jack Palance), a research pathologist, begins working on his experiments in the rooms. Helen Harley, the landlady (Frances Bavier), becomes suspicious of the man, especially when her niece shows an interest in him.

Cast

• 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

See also

• Jack the Ripper fiction

External links

• Man in the Attic at the Internet Movie Database
• Man in the Attic is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more] Creative Commons Licensed (Public Domain).