The Man Upstairs

Richard Attenborough stars as a scientist haunted by his past in this 1950s drama from director Don Chaffey. Trying to escape his guilt after accidentally killing his fiancee's brother, Peter Watson (Attenborough) changes his name and takes a rooms in a delapidated boarding house. There, his mental health rapidly deteriorates, and his fellow lodgers call the police after his erratic behaviour causes concern. But when Watson begins brandishing a gun, and a police sergeant is injured, matters quicky come to a head.

Director: Don Chaffey
Producer: Robert Dunbar
Writer: Alun Falconer
Cinematographer: Gerald Gibbs
Actor: Richard Attenborough
Actor: Bernard Lee
Actor: Alfred Burke
Actor: Donald Houston
Actor: Dorothy Alison
Actor: Patricia Jessel
Actor: Virginia Maskell
Actor: Kenneth Griffith
Actor: Amy Dalby
Actor: Walter Hudd