The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

(1927)

★ 7.2 IMDb · 356 votes

Genres: Crime, Thriller, Mystery

Year: 1927

Runtime: 91 мин

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Альфред Хичкок

Cast: Ivor Novello, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, June Tripp, Malcolm Keen, Reginald Gardiner, Eve Gray, Альфред Хичкок, Alma Reville

Plot

London. A mysterious serial killer brutally murders young blond women by stalking them in the night fog. One foggy, sinister night, a young man who claims his name is Jonathan Drew arrives at the guest house run by the Bunting family and rents a room.

A serial killer known as "The Avenger" is on the loose in London, murdering blonde women. A mysterious man arrives at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bunting looking for a room to rent. The Buntings' daughter is a blonde model who is seeing one of the detectives assigned to the case. The detective becomes jealous of the lodger and begins to suspect that he might be the avenger.