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Writers:
Marie Belloc Lowndes (novel)
Barré Lyndon (writer)
Release Date:
19 January 1944 (USA) more
Tagline:
The Story of Jack the Ripper more
Plot:
A landlady suspects her new lodger is Jack the Ripper. full summary | add synopsis
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(4 articles)
Review: The Lodger
(From Cinematical. 24 January 2009, 1:32 PM, PST)
Shane West and David Ondaatje Talk 'The Lodger' Remake
(From Bloody-Disgusting.com. 23 January 2009, 4:48 PM, PST)
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brilliant atmospheric thriller more (36 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Merle Oberon | ... | Kitty Langley |
 | George Sanders | ... | Inspector John Warwick |
| Laird Cregar | ... | Mr. Slade |
| Cedric Hardwicke | ... | Robert Bonting |
| Sara Allgood | ... | Ellen Bonting |
| Aubrey Mather | ... | Supt. Sutherland |
| Queenie Leonard | ... | Daisy - the maid |
| Doris Lloyd | ... | Jennie |
| David Clyde | ... | Det. Sgt. Bates |
| Helena Pickard | ... | Annie Rowley |
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Runtime:
84 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #9597)
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Laird Cregar's screen presence and performance created such a sensation that Twentieth Century Fox planned to cash in on their find by putting him in similar roles in other productions. The first of these was Hangover Square (1945) which re-united director John Brahm, screenwriter Barre Lyndon and co-star George Sanders. The plans were cut short when Laird Cregar was stricken by a fatal heart attack at the end of the year. "Hangover Square" would be released after his death. more
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the scene at the Black Museum, Inspector Warwick mentions the "four murders" but by this point in the film there have been five. more
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[first lines]
Old Cockney Man:
[reading poster] "Murders being committed in our midst. Police inadequate. We intend offering a substantial reward to anyone, citizen or otherwise, who shall give information bringing the murderer or murderers to justice." Hmm.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "Creature Features: The Lodger/The Black Pit of Dr. M (#1.31)" (1971) more
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What are the screen adaptations of Mrs. Belloc Lowndes's story 'The Lodger'?more
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From the first few frames, as the title credits wash in and out like the tide, this is a superb film, full of fog, shadows, suspense, and great performances from Cregar (brilliant in this), Oberon, Hardwicke and others. It manages to be chilling and moving at the same time, and the ending seems incredibly sad and poetic after what has gone before. This makes it all the more memorable. Sadly not on video at the moment unless you dig around, but deserves to be better known than perhaps it is. In comparison with the silent version by Hitchcock, this is more deranged and evil than Novello's cuckoo clocks and wild eyes, and also has a more logical conclusion that the viewer was sure of from early on. The strongest scene is the one in Oberon's dressing room quite near the end, which gives the viewer as much of a fright as it gives her. After that it is somehow reminiscent of Phantom of the Opera, not without advantage. Well worth a look.