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The Man Upstairs (1958)
Director: Don Chaffey
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From Time Out Film Guide
Attenborough as the quiet lodger who blows his cork, shoves a policeman down the stairs, and barricades himself into his room at the top. Very obviously a second-hand variation on Le Jour se lève but quite grippingly done, although Alun Falconer's script tends to run to stereotype in trying to extract significance from the reactions of police, welfare officer, and other tenants. The resolution, brought about by a sympathetic young mother (Alison), is dismayingly inadequate, to say the least.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: Don Chaffey
Producer: Robert Dunbar
Cast: Richard Attenborough, Bernard Lee, Donald Houston, Dorothy Alison, Kenneth Griffith, Patricia Jessel, Maureen Connell, Virginia Maskell full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 88 mins
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