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The Man Upstairs (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
85 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1958 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Don Chaffey

Written By:
Alun Falconer
Robert Dunbar

Actors:
Richard Attenborough ..... Peter Watson
Bernard Lee ..... Inspector Thompson
Donald Houston ..... Dr. Sanderson
Dorothy Alison ..... Mrs. Barnes
Patricia Jessel ..... Mrs. Lawrence
Virginia Maskell ..... Helen Grey
Kenneth Griffith ..... Pollen
Alfred Burke ..... Mr. Barnes
Charles Houston ..... Nicholas
Maureen Connell ..... Eunice Blair
Amy Dalby ..... Miss Acres
Walter Hudd ..... Superintendent
Patrick Jordan ..... Injured Sergeant
Victor Brooks ..... Sergeant
Graham Stewart ..... Sergeant Morris
Edward Judd ..... P.C. Stevens
Arthur Gross ..... P. C. Clark
Dan Cressy ..... P. C. Maclean
John Charlesworth ..... Army Lieutenant
Raymond Ray ..... Reporter
Edward Evans ..... Fire Brigade Officer
David Griffith ..... Johnny Barnes, Child
Polly Clarke ..... Dulcie Barnes, Child

Synopsis:

Peter Watson is troubled with pain and and an inability to sleep. He tries to light the gas-fire and seeks held from another lodger, artist Nicholas, who is spending the night with his model and is reluctant to be disturbed. Another neighbor, Pollen, tries to be helpful but is hit by Watson. Frightened and angry, Pollen calls for police help. The others in the boarding house are awaken by this time, and Mrs. Harris tries to help the mentally confused Watson but he also refuses her help. The police clash with Dr. Sanderson, a welfare worker, who thinks he can take the gun-toting Watson without complications, but when a police sergeant is injured, Police Inspector Thompsonis determined to take Watson by force if necessary.

The mental breakdown of a guilt-ridden man provides the drama in this fascinating psychological profile that stars Richard Attenborough as a scientist who can't live with himself after he accidentally kills the brother of his fiancee. In order to escape the pain, Attenborough changes his name and begins living in a ramshackle Victorian boarding house where he slowly begins losing his mind. Eventually the police show up and begin taking statements from the bewildered, frightened tenants.

Richard Attenborough stars as Peter Watson, The Man Upstairs. A man plagued by guilt. A man haunted by the past. A man tormented by the tragic events that have driven him to change his identity and take refuge in a rundown border house. But as the night draws on his mind slowly begins to unravel.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 12 February, 2011.