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An elderly couple's lodger, a British musician (Ivor Novello), becomes the suspect in a series of killings.
In London during a period of fear over a serial killer known as 'Jack the Stripper,' a landlady becomes suspicious of her new, secretive lodger. As more women are murdered, her anxieties grow, fueled by the lodger's late-night comings and goings and his mysterious behavior. The tension escalates as she attempts to uncover the truth about the man staying under her roof.
While not as widely remembered as Hitchcock's later versions, the 1932 adaptation of 'The Lodger' was a solid entry in the British thriller genre of its time, praised for its atmospheric suspense and effective direction within the constraints of early sound filmmaking. It captured the public's fascination with crime and mystery.
Praised for its suspenseful atmosphere and effective use of early sound technology.
Captures the public's fear and fascination with serial killers.
A competent thriller that builds tension effectively.
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This 1932 film is one of several adaptations of Marie Belloc Lowndes's 1913 novel, with Alfred Hitchcock's 1927 silent film and his 1944 sound remake being the most famous.
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I’m not too sure that with London regularly steeped in dense fog and with a murderer lurking the streets at night, I’d be looking to be renting out my spare room, but luckily for musician “Angeloff” (Ivor Novello) he not only finds bed and ...