This day in Halloween: Jack the Ripper horror thriller "The Man in the Attic" premieres in San Francisco in 1953. / Illustration by Julian Turonis
The Man in the Attic premieres in San Francisco in 1953. A Jack-the-Ripper horror thriller starring Jack Palance as Jack is the fourth film version of the novel The Lodger and rivals Alfred Hitchcock’s version. The film is a small hit.
