''The Lodger'' is a 1932 British thriller film directed by Maurice Elvey, and starring

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, and Jack Hawkins. It is based on the 1913 novel '' The Lodger'' by Marie Belloc Lowndes, also filmed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1927 (also starring Novello); by John Brahm in 1944; by Hugo Fregonese, as ''

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'', in 1953; and by David Ondaatje in 2009. The film is also known as ''The Phantom Fiend'' in the United States, where it was released in truncated form in 1935. In the 2001 film '' Gosford Park'', Ivor Novello is taunted that the film "should just flop like that". The screenwriter

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states in an audio commentary that Novello's talkie

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failed, while the silent original had been a hit.

Plot summary

Cast

as Michel Angeloff/"The Bosnian Murderer" *

as Daisy Bunting *

A. W. Baskcomb A. W. Baskcomb (1879 – 1939) was a British stage actor known for his comedy roles. He also appeared in several films. On stage he originated the role of Slightly in J.M. Barrie's 1904 play ''Peter and Wendy'', continuing to play it for the nex ...

as George Bunting * Barbara Everest as Mrs Bunting * Jack Hawkins as Joe Martin * Shayle Gardner as Detective Snell * Peter Gawthorne as Lord Southcliff * Kynaston Reeves as Bob Mitchell * Drusilla Wills as Mrs Coles * Anthony Holles as Silvano * George Merritt as Commissioner *

Andreas Malandrinos Andreas Malandrinos ( el, Ανδρέας Μαλανδρίνος; 14 November 1888, in Greece – 11 July 1970, in Surrey) was a Greek-born actor who started appearing in British films from 1930, until his death 40 years later in Surrey, England ...

as Rabinovitch

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* * * 1932 films 1930s English-language films 1930s thriller films Films based on works by Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes Films directed by Maurice Elvey British thriller films Films set in London British serial killer films British black-and-white films Films shot at Twickenham Film Studios 1930s British films Sound film remakes of silent films Remakes of British films {{1930s-thriller-film-stub