The Man in the Attic

The Man in the Attic

R 1995 · 90 min · ★ 4.6 · TV Movie, Romance, Drama, Thriller

Fact-based drama, set in 1910 Milwaukee, about an older married woman, bored with her husband, and her dead son's friend she takes as a lover and hides in her attic over the next two decades -- an affair that ends in murder.

Directed by Graeme Campbell · Written by Norman Winski

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