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A landlady suspects that her new lodger is Jack the Ripper.A landlady suspects that her new lodger is Jack the Ripper.A landlady suspects that her new lodger is Jack the Ripper.
- Awards
- 1 win
Cedric Hardwicke
- Robert Bonting
- (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
Fred Aldrich
- Plainclothesman
- (uncredited)
Harry Allen
- Conductor
- (uncredited)
Jimmy Aubrey
- Cab Driver
- (uncredited)
Joan Bayley
- Undetermined Secondary Role
- (uncredited)
Wilson Benge
- Vigilante
- (uncredited)
Billy Bevan
- Bartender
- (uncredited)
Ted Billings
- News Vendor
- (uncredited)
Edmund Breon
- Manager
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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- TriviaMerle Oberon fell in love with the film's cinematographer, Lucien Ballard, and they married the following year. Because of facial scars Oberon sustained in a car accident, Ballard developed a unique light for her that washed out any signs of her blemishes. The device is known to this day as the Obie (not to be confused with the Off-Broadway award).
- GoofsThe police inspector says that a fingerprint was taken from one of the Ripper murder scenes, and the inspector himself carries a vial of fingerprinting powder. However, the Ripper murders took place in 1888; the first criminal identification from fingerprints took place in Argentina in 1892, and the British police did not adopt fingerprinting until 1901.
- Quotes
Slade: You wouldn't think that anyone could hate a thing and love it too.
Kitty Langley: You can't love and hate at the same time.
Slade: You can! And it's a problem then...
- ConnectionsFeatured in Creature Features: The Lodger/The Black Pit of Dr. M (1971)
- SoundtracksWhat-cher, 'Ria!
(ca 1885) (uncredited)
Music by Bessie Bellwood
Lyrics by Will Herbert
Sung a cappella by a mob outside a pub
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It's a Goody!
A tight, terse little black and white film about.....well, about Jack the Ripper. Prostitute victims are transformed into actresses for the film (and obviously for the Code) but it follows somewhat the modus operandi of Jack. You never see the violence, it is only implied and that works for this film.
Laird Cregar is absolutely marvelous as the strange, sweating lodger who may or may not be the murderer. He was perfect for the part, with those great, brooding eyes. Sadly, he died at a very early age.....he could have gone on to greater things. Merle Oberon is lovely, of course, but in the real world she certainly would have not made it on the musical stage....can't sing (obviously dubbed), can't dance,...but that's irrelevant in the scheme of things. George Sanders, that most wonderful gentleman, doesn't get to be too suave in his part as the Scotland Yard inspector, but he is, as he always was, very good. And who could ever fault Sara Allgood, as Oberon's aunt......she never gave a bad performance in her long career.....just marvelous. This film is worth watching and you will agree that Laird Cregar is as good as it gets playing a very edgy man with some big problems!!
Laird Cregar is absolutely marvelous as the strange, sweating lodger who may or may not be the murderer. He was perfect for the part, with those great, brooding eyes. Sadly, he died at a very early age.....he could have gone on to greater things. Merle Oberon is lovely, of course, but in the real world she certainly would have not made it on the musical stage....can't sing (obviously dubbed), can't dance,...but that's irrelevant in the scheme of things. George Sanders, that most wonderful gentleman, doesn't get to be too suave in his part as the Scotland Yard inspector, but he is, as he always was, very good. And who could ever fault Sara Allgood, as Oberon's aunt......she never gave a bad performance in her long career.....just marvelous. This film is worth watching and you will agree that Laird Cregar is as good as it gets playing a very edgy man with some big problems!!
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- Budget
- $800,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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