The Lodger

The Lodger

1944 · 84 min · EN · 6.3 (79 votes)
Dir. John Brahm · Starring Merle Oberon, Laird Cregar, George Sanders, Cedric Hardwicke, Sara Allgood, Aubrey Mather · Music Hugo Friedhofer

PROBING EYES that marked the woman he loved for death!

ThrillerMystery

In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper.

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A palpable sense of dread permeates this atmospheric thriller. Shadows cling to every corner as suspicion mounts, making the viewer question every creak and whisper in the rented rooms. It's a chilling descent into paranoia.

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