The Man Upstairs

This a production from ACT the film technicians union who made 23 films between 1951 and 1962.The aim being to give employment to their members.It has to be said that most of the films were unmentionable and modestly budgeted.Given that this is not one of the best remembered of Richard Attenboroughs films,the film is mainly confined to the house and there is no music it could be said that the film conforms to type.At 84 minutes it rather lustrous it's welcome and it could be said that this would probably worked better as a TV play.British Lion often had a struggle to get its films booked on the major circuits so I think that any success for this film would have been limited.

I didn't know of this movie until I saw it availvable on download. What a gem. Tense drama, taut acting by big names of the time, and irnoically enough, despite being made in 1958, resonant of the 21st Century.

Accusations made before proof? Paparazzi? Sounds like Social Media to me. Nuff Said. The Nuff is deliberate, I hate misspelling of words. Imagine my hireing someone to work for me, and the contract says 1000 per hour. Then the mistake is seen, and should read 10.00 per hour??????????

Nuff said.

I don't think its any coincidence that this film came out the year after 12 Angry Men.

Dicky Attenborough is the accused and the 12-man jury is made up of his fellow tenants.

Good film but would have made a better TV episode - tighter and more focused.

Although Dickie Attenborough was appearing in some bold projects like this one, I didn't find any substance to it. I was disappointed with this film. It just dragged on wasting 90 minutes of my life. He needed to make his own films by this stage.

I used to play Edward Evans (Fire Brigade Officer) at table tennis.