The Lodger

The Lodger

6.5IMDb Score
Released:1944-01-19
Genre:Thriller, Mystery, Horror
Duration:84 min
Country:United States of America
Director:John Brahm
Actors:Merle Oberon, Laird Cregar, George Sanders, Cedric Hardwicke, Sara Allgood
Production:20th Century Fox

Overview:

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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