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Man in the Attic is a 1953 thriller film directed by Hugo Fregonese. It was released in the United States on December 23. The movie, based on the novel "The Lodger" by Marie Belloc Lowndes, fictionalizes the Jack the Ripper killings.

The story takes place in London, 1888. On the third night of the Jack the Ripper killings, a man rents out an attic from an older couple in need of extra income. The man, a research pathologist, begins working on his experiments in the rooms. Helen Harley (Bavier) becomes suspicious of the man, especially when her niece shows an interest in him.

Cast

Jack Palance
as Slade
Constance Smith
as Lily Bonner
Byron Palmer as Insp. Paul Warwick
Frances Bavier
as Helen Harley
Rhys Williams
as William Harley

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