Three in the Attic

Three in the Attic
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRichard Wilson
Written byStephen Yafa
Based onnovel Paxton Quigley's Had the Course by Stephen Yafa
Produced by
StarringChristopher Jones
Yvette Mimieux
Judy Pace
Maggie Thrett
Eve McVeagh
CinematographyJ. Burgi Contner
Edited byRichard C. Meyer
Eve Newman
Music byChad & Jeremy
Davie Allan and the Arrows
Production
companies
Distributed byAmerican International Pictures
Release date
  • December 20, 1968 (1968-12-20)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$6 million (US/Canada rentals)[1]

Three in the Attic is a 1968 comedy-drama film directed by Richard Wilson and starring Christopher Jones and Yvette Mimieux, with Judy Pace and Maggie Thrett. Nan Martin, John Beck, and Eve McVeagh appear in supporting roles.[2] Jones plays Paxton Quigley, a lothario who swears his fidelity to all three of the women he is dating, each of whom is unaware of his deception. When they learn the truth about Paxton, the women lure him into a college dormitory attic, where they each take turns attacking Paxton sexually in order to punish him.

  1. ^ "All-time Film Rental Champs", Variety, 7 January 1976, p. 46
  2. ^ Renata Alder (Feb 27, 1969). "NY Times Movie Review". Retrieved April 19, 2009.