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.
Direction
The glass ceiling shot—pure visual storytelling.
Cinematography
Fog-drenched streets that invented noir aesthetics.
Production
That fashion show sequence—Hitchcock's commentary on spectacle.
Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Ivor Novello
The Lodger Jonathan Drew
Marie Ault
Mrs. Bunting the Landlady
June Tripp
Daisy Bunting
Malcolm Keen
Joe Chandler
Reginald Gardiner
Dancer at Ball (uncredited)
Eve Gray
Showgirl Victim (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock
Man in Newspaper Office (uncredited)
Alma Reville
Woman Listening to Wireless (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is Hitchcock's true directorial breakthrough, featuring his first cameo and the DNA of every suspense film he would make for the next fifty years.
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