Poster or still for The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

Film 1927 1h 10m

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

  • silent film
  • detective film
  • crime film
  • crime thriller film
  • thriller film
  • drama film

1927 film by Alfred Hitchcock, Alma Reville

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog is a 1927 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 and the earliest to survive intact, 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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Released
14 February 1927
Country
United Kingdom
Studio
Gainsborough Pictures