Man in the attic 1953 unrated 1h 22min film noir mystery thriller drama 23 december 1953 usa after an enigmatic self described pathologist rents the attic room of a victorian house his landlady begins to suspect her lodger is jack the ripper.
The man in the attic jack palance.
Man in the attic is a sweat stained remake of the oft filmed mary belloc lowndes suspense story the lodger.
Man in the attic 1953 jack palance constance smith byron palmer frances bavier black hat cinephile.
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 is based on the 1913 novel the lodger by marie belloc lowndes which fictionalizes the jack the ripper killings and was previously filmed by alfred hitchcock in 1927 by maurice elvey in 1932 by john brahm in 1944 and subsequently by david.
Hugo fregonese s serious take on the jack the ripper story man in the attic 1953 has a curiously campy ooh la la number 20 minutes in.
Screenplay barré lyndon screenplay as barre lyndon stars.
Jack palance plays a mild secretive pathologist who rents an attic apartment in the.
After an enigmatic self described pathologist rents the attic room of a victorian house his landlady begins to suspect her lodger is jack the ripper.
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