The Lodger

The Lodger (1944)

19/01/1944
Thriller, Mystery, Horror
1h 24m

PROBING EYES that marked the woman he loved for death!

Overview

In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper.

  • John BrahmDirector
  • BarrĂ© LyndonScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Budget

    $800,000

Keywords

  • suspicion of murder
  • jack the ripper
  • lodger
  • victorian england
  • beautiful woman
  • film noir
  • murder
  • serial killer
  • british noir
  • showgirl
  • landlady
  • dressing room
  • police inspector
  • dance hall singer
  • dead brother
  • whitechapel
  • rented rooms
  • suspicious behavior
  • horror noir

Top Billed Cast

Merle Oberon

Merle Oberon

Kitty Langley

Laird Cregar

Laird Cregar

Mr. Slade

George Sanders

George Sanders

Inspector John Warwick

Cedric Hardwicke

Cedric Hardwicke

Robert Bonting

Sara Allgood

Sara Allgood

Ellen Bonting

Aubrey Mather

Aubrey Mather

Superintendent Sutherland

Queenie Leonard

Queenie Leonard

Daisy the Maid

Doris Lloyd

Doris Lloyd

Jennie

David Clyde

David Clyde

Det. Sgt. Bates

Helena Pickard

Helena Pickard

Annie Rowley

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