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The Lodger

The Lodger

6,5 /10 (98 Votes)
1944 EN 84 min

Overview

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

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Release date

19/01/1944

Votes

98

Popularity

1.9

PROBING EYES that marked the woman he loved for death!

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

84 min

Budget

$800,000

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

Bess Flowers

Bess Flowers

Woman in Audience

Olaf Hytten

Olaf Hytten

Harris, the Haberdasher

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Heather Wilde

Fred Aldrich

Fred Aldrich

Harry Allen

Harry Allen

Jimmy Aubrey

Jimmy Aubrey

No photo

Wilson Benge

Billy Bevan

Billy Bevan

Ted Billings

Ted Billings

Edmund Breon

Edmund Breon

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Mae Bruce

Colin Campbell

Colin Campbell

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Herbert Clifton

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Grace Davies

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Harold De Becker

Cyril Delevanti

Cyril Delevanti

Frank Elliott

Frank Elliott

Herbert Evans

Herbert Evans

Douglas Gerrard

Douglas Gerrard

Gibson Gowland

Gibson Gowland

Kit Guard

Kit Guard

Frank Hagney

Frank Hagney

Gerald Hamer

Gerald Hamer

Lumsden Hare

Lumsden Hare

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Alec Harford

Forrester Harvey

Forrester Harvey

Stuart Holmes

Stuart Holmes

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Kenneth Hunter

Boyd Irwin

Boyd Irwin

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Edna Mae Jones

Colin Kenny

Colin Kenny

Crauford Kent

Crauford Kent

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Charles Knight

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Connie Leon

George Magrill

George Magrill

Kermit Maynard

Kermit Maynard

Mathew McCue

Mathew McCue

Philo McCullough

Philo McCullough

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Clive Morgan

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Edmund Mortimer

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John Rice

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John Rogers

Raymond Severn

Raymond Severn

Yorke Sherwood

Yorke Sherwood

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Leslie Sketchley

Will Stanton

Will Stanton

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Jane Starr

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Robert R. Stephenson

Donald Stuart

Donald Stuart

Walter Tetley

Walter Tetley

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David Thursby

Frederick Worlock

Frederick Worlock

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Joan Bayley

Undetermined Secondary Role

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John Chard

John Chard

2019-07-19

⭐ 9

Your beauty is exquisite. Victorian London, Whitechapple, and some maniac is slaughtering women with stage backgrounds. Could it be that the mysterious Mr. Slade who has rented the upstairs rooms from Mrs Burton, is the man known as Jack the Ripper? This part of London is cloaked in fog, the cobbled streets damp and bearing witness to unspeakable crimes, the gas lights dimly flicker as the British Bobby searches in vain for Bloody Jack. The scene is set for what is to me the finest adaptation to deal with the notorious murderer, Jack the Ripper. A remake of the Alfred Hitchcock silent f…

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2022-06-30

⭐ 7

This is quite a suspenseful drama set amongst the murderous goings-on of "Jack the Ripper" in Whitechapel in 19th century London. Laird Cregan is "Slade" - an imposing, secretive, man who takes up lodgings with Sir Cedric Hardwicke and his wife Sara Allgood. Gradually his nocturnal habits begin to arouse her suspicion, and coupled with the ongoing "Ripper" fears, they begin to suspect that he may not be on the level. These tensions begin to heighten when "Slade" meets their music-hall star niece "Kitty" (Merle Oberon) who also lodges with them. They enlist the help of "Insp. Warwick" (George S…

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