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While the silent The Lodger was not director Alfred Hitchcock's first film, it was the first to truly deserve the designation "A Hitchcock Picture". British matinee idol Ivor Novello plays Jonathan Drew, a quiet, secretive young man who rents a room in a London boarding house. Drew's arrival coincides with the reign of Terror orchestrated by Jack the Ripper. As the film progresses, circumstantial evidence begins to mount, pointing to Drew as the selfsame Ripper. In addition to Novello's 1932
Unrated, 1 hr. 31 min.
Jun 10, 1928 Wide
Apr 2, 1994
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All Critics (15) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (1) | DVD (2)
The picture has a very, very excellent begining, a mediocre middle and a most deplorable ending. A minor fault is that its running time is about fifteen minutes too long.
Top CriticNot a great film, but a remarkable one, with Hitchcock at his most 'innovative.'
Brilliant visual touches.
Beauty protected and destroyed, shot fittingly with a Germanic eye
See it and see the birth of one of film's greatest directors.
Hitchcock's third film is his first suspense movie, and thus the first real "Hitchcock" movie.
Quite effective early Hitchcock thriller.
Superb silent thriller
The first film that truly showed what Hitchcock was capable of creating.
the tightly constructed 83-minute thriller is a damned fine piece of filmmaking
Now we're cookin'. This is very early Hitchock, like I think one of his first five films. But even though it wasn't his very first, it was the first he really considered his own, and it set the standard for the bulk of his career over the course of the next several decades, by introducing a lot of Hitch hallmarks
September 19, 2007Super Reviewer
I'm starting to think that Hitchcock was better suited for a career of silent films. With no dialogue spoken, Hitch weaves an intricate tale of murder, mass hysteria, jealousy, and the fear that grips the soul that turns man against man. Without the aid of future technology, Hitchcock finds fascinating ways to play
December 5, 2011Super Reviewer
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