The Man Upstairs

The Man Upstairs

1992 · 91 min · ★ 5.7 · Comedy, Drama

Hepburn plays an elderly woman whose house becomes a hideaway for an escaped convict (O'Neal), and the pair strike up an unlikely friendship.

Directed by George Schaefer · Written by James Prideaux

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