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The Lodger is an American horror film first released in 1944,
directed by John Brahm.
The film is based on a novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes and stars Merle Oberon, George Sanders, Laird Cregar, Cedric Hardwicke and Sara Allgood.
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Credits
- Director: John Brahm
- Script: Marie Belloc Lowndes (novel), Barré Lyndon
- Photo: Lucien Ballard
- Music: Hugo Friedhofer
- Cast: Merle Oberon (Kitty Langley), George Sanders (Inspector John Warwick), Laird Cregar (Mr. Slade), Cedric Hardwicke (Robert Bonting), Sara Allgood (Ellen Bonting), Aubrey Mather (Supt. Sutherland), Queenie Leonard (Daisy – the maid), Doris Lloyd (Jennie), David Clyde (Det. Sgt. Bates), Helena Pickard (Annie Rowley), Harry Allen (Conductor), Jimmy Aubrey (Cab driver), Wilson Benge (Vigilante), Billy Bevan (Bartender), Edmund Breon (Manager), Colin Campbell (Harris’ Assistant), Ruth Clifford (Hairdresser), Herbert Clifton (Conductor), Harold De Becker (Charlie – Stage guard), Cyril Delevanti (Stagehand), Frank Elliott (Aide), Herbert Evans (Constable), Douglas Gerrard (Porter), Kit Guard (Man in pub), Charlie Hall (Comedian), Gerald Hamer (Milkman), Lumsden Hare (Dr. Sheridan), Alec Harford (Conductor), Forrester Harvey (Cobbler), Stuart Holmes (King Edward), Colin Hunter (Policeman), Kenneth Hunter (Mounted Inspector), Olaf Hytten (Harris – The haberdasher), Boyd Irwin (Policeman), Colin Kenny (Plainclothesman), Crauford Kent (The King’s Aide), Skelton Knaggs (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)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 84 min; B&W
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