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The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

1927•1h 31m•7.1/10
CrimeThrillerMystery

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7.1/10(334)

London. A mysterious serial killer brutally murders young blond women by stalking them in the night fog. One foggy, sinister night, a young man who claims his name is Jonathan Drew arrives at the guest house run by the Bunting family and rents a room.

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Production

Carlyle Blackwell Productions, Gainsborough Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Ivor Novello

Ivor Novello

The Lodger Jonathan Drew

Marie Ault

Marie Ault

Mrs. Bunting the Landlady

Arthur Chesney

Mr. Bunting

June Tripp

June Tripp

Daisy Bunting

Malcolm Keen

Malcolm Keen

Joe Chandler

Reginald Gardiner

Reginald Gardiner

Dancer at Ball (uncredited)

Eve Gray

Eve Gray

Showgirl Victim (uncredited)

Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock

Man in Newspaper Office (uncredited)

Alma Reville

Alma Reville

Woman Listening to Wireless (uncredited)

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