
The Lodger(1944)
In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper.


“The Life...The Loves...The Crimes of Jack the Ripper!”
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?

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
Man in the Attic is a thriller, crime, horror film released in 1953 exploring themes of london, england, based on novel or book, jack the ripper, victorian england, serial killer. Directed by Hugo Fregonese, it stars Jack Palance, Constance Smith, Byron Palmer. 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?
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