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The Lodger
★ 6.5/10•1944•1h 24m•16•Thriller•Mystery•Horror
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PROBING EYES that marked the woman he loved for death!

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

John Brahm · Director

Barré Lyndon · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 24m
LanguageEN
Release DateJan 19, 1944
Budget$800,000

Actors

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

Ruth Clifford

Ruth Clifford

Hairdresser (uncredited)

Thora Hird

Thora Hird

First Murder Victim Katie (uncredited)

Anita Sharp-Bolster

Anita Sharp-Bolster

Wiggy (uncredited)

C. Montague Shaw

C. Montague Shaw

Stage Manager (uncredited)

Skelton Knaggs

Skelton Knaggs

Man with Cart

Charlie Hall

Charlie Hall

Comedian

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