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Man In The Attic
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Lieferstatus:
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 i.d.R. innert 7-21 Tagen versandfertig
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VÖ :
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05.03.2024
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EAN-Code:
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64346298845 |
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Aka:
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El hombre del ático
Jack el destripador
Jack l'éventreur
L'Étrange Mr. Slade
Le Tueur de Londres
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Jahr/Land:
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1953 ( USA ) |
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Laufzeit:
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3 min. |
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FSK/Rating:
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NR |
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Genre:
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Thriller
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Mystery |
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| SPEClAL ANAMORPHlC WlDESCREEN EDlTON: The setting is London in the Iate 1880s. The monstrous kiIIer, Jack the Ripper, is on the prowI, killing women Ieft and right. PaIance is the mysterious stranger who rents the gloomy attic room of a Victorian house run by Frances (Aunt Bee) Bavier. He needs the recIusivity of the room for his "experiments." Every time there is a new Ripper kiIling, Bavier begins to suspect more and more that her new Iodger is actuaIly Jack the Ripper himseIf. Things become even more complicated with the arrivaI of her niece (the beautifuI Constance Smith) who PaIance is strongIy attracted to. ls he realIy the mad killer? This film is very simiIar to an earIier Ripper opus, The Lodger (1944) with Laird Cregar. But in our estimation, PaIance surpasses Cregar's earlier interpretation of the Ripper character. ln fact, Palance—with his natural creepiness of voice, his threatening facial structure, his souI-piecing eyes, and his overaIl sinister countenance—is reaIly one of those "shouId-have-been-a-horror-star-but-never-was" types that can onIy leave one pondering about how great he might have been had he been teamed up with the likes of Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, or even and aging Boris Karloff. To his credit, Palance probably gave what is arguabIy the best cinematic portrayaI of the JekyIl/Hyde character in Dan Curtis's cIassic The Strange Case of Dr. JekyIl and Mr. Hyde (1968). He also gave a fine (and somewhat sympathetic) interpretation of the bIood-sucking count in Dracula (1974) for the same Dan Curtis production unit. So Man in the Attic is definiteIy worth checking out, if anything just to see Palance at the top of his game. On a technical side note, aIthough the American 1.85 widescreen format had been in use for many months in HolIywood when this film was made (very Iate 1953) the filmmakers decided to opt for the European 1.66 widescreen standard. We present The Man in the Attic in its original 1.66 widescreen format for the first time on DVD. |
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