| Man in the Attic | |
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| Directed by | Hugo Fregonese |
| Screenplay by | Barré Lyndon Robert Presnell Jr. |
| Based on | The Lodger 1913 novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes |
| Produced by | Robert L. Jacks |
| Starring | Jack Palance Constance Smith Byron Palmer |
| Cinematography | Leo Tover |
| Edited by | Marjorie Fowler |
| Music by | Hugo Friedhofer |
Production companies | Panoramic Productions Leonard Goldstein |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Man in the Attic is a 1953 American mystery film directed by Hugo Fregonese and starring Jack Palance, Constance Smith and Byron Palmer.[1][2] The screenplay was by Barré Lyndon and Robert Presnell Jr. based on the 1913 novel The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes which fictionalizes the Jack the Ripper killings. It had been previously filmed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1927, by Maurice Elvey in 1932, by John Brahm in 1944; it was again filmed by David Ondaatje in 2009.[citation needed]
It was released in the United States on December 23 by Twentieth Century Fox.
- ^ "Man in the Attic". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ "Man in the Attic". afi.com. Retrieved 2024-02-03.