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The Lodger (1944)

NR 01/19/1944 Thriller, Mystery, Horror 1h 24m
63%
User
Score
7.0/10

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 Brahm

Director

Barré Lyndon

Screenplay

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

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written on July 19, 2019

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 from 1927, this adaptation of the Marie Belloc Lowndes novel not only looks great (Lucien Ballard's photography creating fluid eeriness and film noir fatalism) but also chills the blood without ever ac...

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written on June 30, 2022

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 Sanders) who is already working on the "Ripper" case (and who is also quite keen on "Kitty" too!), and together they have to act quickly to prevent more killings. It's atmospheric and well paced; the c...

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