Movie
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1927-02-14
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Genres
- Crime, Thriller, Mystery
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Carlyle Blackwell Productions, Gainsborough Pictures
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Ivor Novello as The Lodger Jonathan Drew
- Marie Ault as Mrs. Bunting the Landlady
- Arthur Chesney as Mr. Bunting
- June Tripp as Daisy Bunting
- Malcolm Keen as Joe Chandler
- Reginald Gardiner as Dancer at Ball (uncredited)
- Eve Gray as Showgirl Victim (uncredited)
- Alfred Hitchcock as Man in Newspaper Office (uncredited)
- Alma Reville as Woman Listening to Wireless (uncredited)
Crew
- Alfred Hitchcock - Director
- Alfred Hitchcock - Screenplay
- Eliot Stannard - Screenplay
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