Man in the Attic

Man in the Attic

The Life...The Loves...The Crimes of Jack the Ripper!

1953 · 82 min · ★ 5.4 · Thriller, Crime, Horror

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?

Directed by Hugo Fregonese · Written by Robert Presnell Jr.

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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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