The Lodger (1944)


The Lodger
Release Date19 January 1944
TaglineThe Story of Jack the Ripper
GenreCrime, Horror, Thriller
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White

The Lodger is a 1944 horror film about Jack the Ripper, based on the novel of the same name by Marie Belloc Lowndes. It stars Merle Oberon, George Sanders and Laird Cregar, features Sir Cedric Hardwicke and was directed by John Brahm from a screenplay by Barré Lyndon.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Kitty Langley

Inspector John Warwick

Mr. Slade

Robert Bonting

Ellen Bonting

Aubrey Mather
Supt. Sutherland

Daisy - the maid

Jennie

David Clyde
Det. Sgt. Bates

Annie Rowley

Harry Allen
Conductor

Jimmy Aubrey
Cab driver

Vigilante

Bartender

Edmund Breon
Manager

Mae Bruce
Screaming woman

Colin Campbell
Harris' Assistant

Hairdresser

Herbert Clifton
Conductor

Harold De Becker
Charlie - Stage guard

Cyril Delevanti
Stagehand

Frank Elliott
Aide

Herbert Evans
Constable

Kit Guard
Man in pub

Charlie Hall
Comedian

Gerald Hamer
Milkman

Dr. Sheridan

Alec Harford
Conductor

King Edward

Colin Hunter
Policeman

Kenneth Hunter
Mounted Inspector

Harris - The haberdasher

Boyd Irwin
Policeman

Colin Kenny
Plainclothesman

The King's Aide

Man with Cart

Charles Knight
Vigilante

Connie Leon
Woman

Clive Morgan
Plainclothesman

John Rice
Mounted Policeman

John Rogers
Down and Outer

Raymond Severn
Boy

Anita Sharp-Bolster
Wiggy - Barfly

C. Montague Shaw
Stage Manager

Yorke Sherwood
Policeman in Pub

Leslie Sketchley
Plainclothesman

Will Stanton
Newsboy

Robert R. Stephenson
Plainclothesman

Donald Stuart
Concertina Player

Walter Tetley
Call Boy

David Thursby
Sergeant

Heather Wilde
Mary Bowles - Frightened witness

Frederick Worlock
Sir Edward Willoughby

Director

John Brahm
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Producer

Marie Belloc Lowndes
novel

Barré Lyndon
writer

Robert Bassler
producer

Original Music

Hugo Friedhofer

Cinematographer

Editor

J. Watson Webb Jr.

Art Director

James Basevi
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John Ewing
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Set Decorator

Thomas Little
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Walter M. Scott
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Costume Designer

René Hubert
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Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Sam Schneider
assistant director

Sound Department

Roger Heman Sr.
sound

E. Clayton Ward
sound

Special Effects

Fred Sersen
special effects

Music Department

Emil Newman
musical director

Other Crew

Kenny Williams
choreographer

Production Company

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
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Distributor

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment






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Films directed by John Brahm
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