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The Lodger (1927) | The Film Index

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The Lodger

192790 minDirected by Alfred Hitchcock

1927

The Lodger

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Director

★Alfred Hitchcock

Cast

Character: The Landlady

Film Record

The Lodger

Country: United Kingdom
Release: 14 FEB 1927
Runtime: 90 min
Original Language: English

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A Story of the London Fog is a British silent thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, June Tripp, Malcolm Keen and Ivor Novello. Hitchcock's third feature film, it was released on 14 February 1927 in London and on 10 June 1928 in New York City. The film is based on the 1913 novel The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes and the play Who Is He? co-written by Belloc Lowndes. Its plot concerns the hunt for a Jack the Ripper-like serial killer in London.

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