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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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Storyline
Did you know
- 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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Jack The Ripper?
Mr Slade (Laird Cregar) takes up a temporary residence in the home of Robert Bonting (Cedric Hardwicke). It is Victorian London and Jack The Ripper is murdering his victims. Ellen Bonting (Sara Allgood) suspects that Mr Slade might be the Ripper, while her niece Kitty (Merle Oberon) tries to make it as an actress in the theatre halls. What is Mr Slade's business.....?...
The film is set in a smoggy London where Jack The Ripper is at large and it has a claustrophobic atmosphere to it. The cast are good, especially Sara Allgood as the suspicious Ellen. Laid Cregar's character is definitely a misfit - no way would I have agreed to let him share a house with me. Merle Oberon is slightly naive to this complete freak while George Sanders as Inspector Warwick cruises through the film in his usual slick style. The film gets moving from the beginning and Laird Cregar succeeds in making it quite creepy as the Ripper's victims are continually discovered.
The film is set in a smoggy London where Jack The Ripper is at large and it has a claustrophobic atmosphere to it. The cast are good, especially Sara Allgood as the suspicious Ellen. Laid Cregar's character is definitely a misfit - no way would I have agreed to let him share a house with me. Merle Oberon is slightly naive to this complete freak while George Sanders as Inspector Warwick cruises through the film in his usual slick style. The film gets moving from the beginning and Laird Cregar succeeds in making it quite creepy as the Ripper's victims are continually discovered.
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- Budget
- $800,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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