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The Man Upstairs (1958)

The Man Upstairs poster
Directed by
Don Chaffey
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A boarding house tenant turns violent and barricades himself in his room. The police and his landlady try to understand what drove him to this point.

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What happens

The Man Upstairs is a 1958 British psychological drama film directed by Don Chaffey and starring Richard Attenborough and Bernard Lee. The film was produced by Robert Dunbar for Act Films Ltd. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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