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Man in the Attic (1953)
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23 December 1953 (USA)
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The Life...The Loves...The Crimes of Jack the Ripper!
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London, 1888: on the night of the third Jack the Ripper killing, soft-spoken Mr. Slade, a research pathologist...
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Rather pedestrian revisiting of The Lodger
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| 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 (as Lester Mathews) | |
| Harry Cording | ... | Detective Sgt. Bates | |
| Lisa Daniels | ... | Mary Lenihan | |
| Lilian Bond | ... | Annie Rowley | |
| Isabel Jewell | ... | Katy |
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82 min
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1.66 : 1 more
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USA:Unrated (DVD) |
Canada:PG (Ontario) |
West Germany:16 (nf) |
Finland:K-16 |
USA:Approved (PCA #16755) |
Sweden:15
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Remake of The Lodger (1944)
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YOU'RE IN LOVE
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What are the screen adaptations of Mrs. Belloc Lowndes's story 'The Lodger'?more
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| Slade? | Tim-O-T |
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Not a very unique nor special film in any way, and very typical early 1950s Hollywood fare with a back-lot version of London, and plenty of French can-can style dancing for titillation.
Not boring either, and Jack Palance is fine as the mysterious lodger who may or may not be Jack the Ripper. But he's done better, and is not a good enough reason to pick up this film. In fact, the only particularly good reason to pick it up is if you wish to collect all varieties of Jack the Ripper films available, or if you want the double-feature Midnight Movie release of it because it also has the superior thriller, A Blueprint for Murder.