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      The Lodger

      1944 1h 24m Mystery & Thriller List
      Reviews 71% Audience Score 500+ Ratings In London in 1889, retiree Robert Burton (Cedric Hardwicke) and his wife, Ellen (Sara Allgood), rent a spare room to the mysterious Slade (Laird Cregar) as Jack the Ripper continues to terrorize the city. The Burtons' niece, Kitty (Merle Oberon), is a music hall singer who initially grows fond of the eccentric lodger, but, when the Ripper's body count rises, she and a Scotland Yard inspector (George Sanders) gradually begin to suspect that Slade could be the notorious Whitechapel killer. Read More Read Less

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      Elena de la Torre Cine-Mundial Laird Cregar impresses. [Full review in Spanish] Sep 16, 2019 Full Review Michael W. Phillips, Jr. Goatdog's Movies There's something a little comical about Laird Cregar's performance as the Lodger. Rated: 3.5/5 Aug 8, 2004 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Laird Cregar's performance was brilliantly disturbing. Rated: A- Apr 15, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Ashley H The Lodger is a decent film. It is about landlady who suspects that her new lodger is Jack the Ripper. Merle Oberon and Laird Cregar give good performances. The script is a little slow in places. John Brahm did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the horror and mystery. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Sluggish film that doesn't leave much to the imagination. Cregar does well, but I can't help but see Raymond Burr in his performances. I believe Burr picked up where Cregar left off. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Love the movie and director Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/19/21 Full Review Jessica C Very mysterious and well played. Love some good old black and white movies! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/08/21 Full Review Audience Member The best thrilling movie ever made! With the best movie character ever portrayed: Laird Cregar as Jack the Ripper! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Filling in the missing films noir that I haven't seen means seeing some that are pretty ordinary. John Brahm's films fit that bill (although I think I enjoyed Hangover Square, 1945, and The Locket, 1946, a bit more than this one). Taking its name and its general idea from the earlier Hitchcock film (and/or the source novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes), The Lodger is set in London during the time of Jack the Ripper. Heavy-set character actor Laird Cregar (whose career was cut short by heart failure at age 30) plays the man who moves into the attic rooms and attracts suspicion when he stays out all night and leaves other clues that he might be the Ripper. Merle Oberon plays the music hall dancer who would seem to be a prime target for the villain and who does attract the interest of Cregar too. George Sanders is on hand as the detective on the case. Although the film never really builds suspense (and this may be the fault of the somewhat incongruous music by Hugo Friedhofer), the mise-en-scene is well developed and there is a foggy/misty atmosphere throughout the Whitehall section of London that makes all the events seem dreamlike (when perhaps they should have been nightmarish). Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis In London in 1889, retiree Robert Burton (Cedric Hardwicke) and his wife, Ellen (Sara Allgood), rent a spare room to the mysterious Slade (Laird Cregar) as Jack the Ripper continues to terrorize the city. The Burtons' niece, Kitty (Merle Oberon), is a music hall singer who initially grows fond of the eccentric lodger, but, when the Ripper's body count rises, she and a Scotland Yard inspector (George Sanders) gradually begin to suspect that Slade could be the notorious Whitechapel killer.
      Director
      John Brahm
      Production Co
      Twentieth Century Fox
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Dec 5, 2016
      Runtime
      1h 24m