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The Lodger: Directed by John Brahm. With Merle Oberon, George Sanders, Laird Cregar, Cedric Hardwicke. A landlady suspects that her new lodger is Jack the Ripper.
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- Crime, Horror, Mystery
- John Brahm
- 1944-01-19
The Lodger is a 1944 American horror film about Jack the Ripper, based on the 1913 novel of the same name by Marie Belloc Lowndes. It stars Merle Oberon, George Sanders, and Laird Cregar, features Sir Cedric Hardwicke, and was directed by John Brahm from a screenplay by Barré Lyndon.
In 1889, former businessman Robert Burton and his wife Ellen are forced by financial necessity to take a lodger into their home near Slade Walk in London. In response to their advertisement, a mysterious man calling himself Slade rents the room from Ellen, and, telling her that he is a pathologist, also rents the attic for his experiments.
- John Brahm, Sam Schneider
- Merle Oberon
Marie Belloc Lowndes. Novel. Barré Lyndon. Screenplay. In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper.
The Lodger (1944) Directed by John Brahm Genres - Crime , Drama , Horror , Mystery-Suspense , Thriller | Sub-Genres - Film Noir , Serial Killer | Run Time - 84 min. | Countries - United States of America | MPAA Rating - TV-PG
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. Marie Belloc Lowndes. Novel. Barré Lyndon. Screenplay. Written by John Chard on July 19, 2019.
