The Lodger (1944)
Rent DVD by Mail
Theatrical Release Information | See Details About All Versions
The Lodger was the third film version of Mrs. Marie Belloc-Lowndes' classic "Jack the Ripper" novel, and in many eyes it was the best (even allowing for the excellence of the 1925 Alfred Hitchcock adaptation). Laird Cregar stars as the title character, a mysterious, secretive young man who rents a flat in the heart of London's Whitechapel district. The Lodger's arrival coincides with a series of brutal murders, in which the victims are all female stage performers. None of this fazes Kitty (Merle Oberon), the daughter of a "good family" who insists upon pursuing a singing and dancing career. Scotland Yard inspector John Warwick (George Sanders), in love with Kitty, worries about her safety and works day and night to solve the murders. All the while, Kitty draws inexorably closer to The Lodger, who seems to have some sort of vendetta on his mind?..Some slight anachronisms aside (for example, the villain falls off a bridge that hadn't yet been built at the time of the story), The Lodger is pulse-pounding entertainment, with a disturbingly brilliant performance by the late, great Laird Cregar. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Merle Oberon - Kitty Langley
- Laird Cregar - The Lodger
- Sara Allgood - Ellen
- Queenie Leonard - Daisy
- David Clyde - Sgt. Bates
- Lumsden Hare - Dr. Sheridan
- Olaf Hytten - Harris
- Harold de Becker - Charlie
- Billy Bevan - Publican
- Skelton Knaggs - Costermonger
- Harry Allen - Conductor
- Stuart Holmes - King Edward
- John Rice - Mounted Police
- Connie Leon - Woman
- Crauford Kent
- Boyd Irwin - Policeman
- Charlie Hall - Comedian
- Leslie Sketchley
- Lucien Ballard
- David Thursby - Sergeant
- Donald Stuart - Concertina Player
- Will Stanton - Newsboy
- C. Montague Shaw - Stage Manager
- Douglas Gerrard - Porter
- Herbert Evans - Constable
- Cyril Delevanti - Stage Hand
- Ruth Clifford - Hairdresser
- George Sanders - John Warwick
- Cedric Hardwicke - Robert Burton
- Aubrey Mather - Supt. Sutherland
- Doris Lloyd - Jennie
- Helena Pickard - Anne Rowley
- Frederic Worlock - Sir Gerard
- Colin Campbell - Harold
- Anita Bolster - Wiggy
- Forrester Harvey - Cobbler
- Edmund Breon - Manager
- Jimmy Aubrey - Cab Driver
- John Rogers - Down and Outer
- Clive Morgan - Plainclothesman
- Charles Knight - Vigilante
- Colin Kenny
- Kenneth Hunter - Mounted Inspector
- Colin Hunter - Policeman
- Herbert Clifton - Conductor
- Heather Wilde - Girl
- Walter Tetley - Call Boy
- Bob Stephenson
- Yorke Sherwood
- Raymond Severn - Boy
- Gerald Hamer - Milkman
- Wilson Benge
- Frank Elliott - Aides
- Director(s):
- John Brahm
- Writer(s):
- Barré Lyndon
- Producer(s):
- Robert Bassler
- Closed Captioning:
- Check All Versions
- Subtitles:
- Check All Versions
