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The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

Crime · Thriller · Mystery · 1927

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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The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

1927 Crime · Thriller · Mystery 1h 31m

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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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Names above the title

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Directed by

Alfred Hitchcock

Written by

Eliot Stannard · Alfred Hitchcock

Ivor Novello

Ivor Novello

The Lodger Jonathan Drew

Marie Ault

Marie Ault

Mrs. Bunting the Landlady

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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)

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Put The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog on trial.

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The defence The Big-Idea Head

“Form is the argument.”

Every composed frame and deliberate cut is evidence that control can be thrilling in its own right.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Technique in search of a pulse.”

Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.