---
title: 'The Lodger (1944)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Brahm'
released: '1944-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 84
genres:
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-lodger-1944'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037024/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Lodger (1944)

1944 · 84 min · Horror · United States


## Synopsis

The Lodger is a 1944 American horror film about Jack the Ripper, based on the 1913 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Brahm](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-brahm)
- **Screenplay:** [Barré Lyndon](https://cinepixo.com/people/barre-lyndon)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hugo Friedhofer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugo-friedhofer)
- **Producer:** [Robert Bassler](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-bassler)
- **Director of Photography:** [Lucien Ballard](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucien-ballard)
- **Editor:** [J. Watson Webb, Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-watson-webb-jr)

## Cast

- [Doris Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/doris-lloyd)
- [Frederick Worlock](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederick-worlock)
- [Laird Cregar](https://cinepixo.com/people/laird-cregar)
- [Queenie Leonard](https://cinepixo.com/people/queenie-leonard)
- [Lumsden Hare](https://cinepixo.com/people/lumsden-hare)
- [Aubrey Mather](https://cinepixo.com/people/aubrey-mather)
- [David Clyde](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-clyde)
- [Sara Allgood](https://cinepixo.com/people/sara-allgood)
- [Stuart Holmes](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-holmes)
- [Skelton Knaggs](https://cinepixo.com/people/skelton-knaggs)
- [Anita Sharp-Bolster](https://cinepixo.com/people/anita-sharp-bolster)
- [Cedric Hardwicke](https://cinepixo.com/people/cedric-hardwicke)
- [Crauford Kent](https://cinepixo.com/people/crauford-kent)
- [Edmund Breon](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmund-breon)
- [Jimmy Aubrey](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-aubrey)

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