The Man in the Attic

Sep 10, 1995

1h 30m

★ 4.1

Overview

Fact-based drama, set in 1910 Milwaukee, about an older married woman, bored with her husband, and her dead son's friend she takes as a lover and hides in her attic over the next two decades -- an affair that ends in murder.

Genres

TV Movie

Romance

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

CanWest Global Communications

Atlantis Films

CBS Entertainment Productions

CBS

Donald March Productions

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Cast

Krista Heldmann

Anne Archer

Joe Heldmann

Len Cariou

Gary Carson

Alex Carter

Edward Broder

Neil Patrick Harris

Amy Reddig

Deborah Drakeford

Reporter

Rick Roberts

Mary

Martha Cronyn

Karl Heldmann

Toby Proctor

Leslie

Nahanni Johnstone

Mrs. Meyer

Judith Orban

Detective

Bruce Vavrina

Waiter

Richard Liss

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