Thriller ·Mystery ·Horror · United States of America · 1944 · 1h 24m

The Lodger

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Director
John Brahm
Cast
Merle Oberon as Kitty Langley Laird Cregar as Mr. Slade George Sanders as Inspector John Warwick Cedric Hardwicke as Robert Bonting Sara Allgood as Ellen Bonting Aubrey Mather as Superintendent Sutherland
Crew
Lucien Ballard — Director of Photography J. Watson Webb Jr. — Editor Hugo Friedhofer — Original Music Composer Barré Lyndon — Screenplay Marie Belloc Lowndes — Novel Robert Bassler — Producer
Tagline

PROBING EYES that marked the woman he loved for death!

Synopsis

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

Trailer The Lodger — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
suspicion of murderjack the ripperlodgervictorian englandbeautiful womanfilm noirmurderserial killerbritish noirshowgirllandladydressing room
Key Collaborators
John Brahm Director Lucien Ballard Director of Photography J. Watson Webb Jr. Editor Hugo Friedhofer Original Music Composer Barré Lyndon Screenplay Marie Belloc Lowndes Novel Robert Bassler Producer René Hubert Costume Design
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