Man in the Attic

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?

Cast

Jack Palance

Jack Palance

as Slade

Constance Smith

Constance Smith

as Lily Bonner

Byron Palmer

Byron Palmer

as Insp. Paul Warwick

Frances Bavier

Frances Bavier

as Helen Harley

Rhys Williams

Rhys Williams

as William Harley

Sean McClory

Sean McClory

as Constable #1

Leslie Bradley

Leslie Bradley

as Constable #2

Tita Phillips

Tita Phillips

as Daisy (the maid)

Lester Matthews

Lester Matthews

as Chief Insp. Melville

Harry Cording

Harry Cording

as Detective Sgt. Bates

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Jack Palance is "Slade", a curiously enigmatic stranger who takes rooms in the home of the "Harley" family. It's at the height of the paranoia in Victorian London surrounding the "Jack the Ripper" killings and as our story develops, both "Mrs. Harley" (Frances Bavier) and the audience begin to suspe...

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