The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog(1927)
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.
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The Lodger Jonathan Drew
Mrs. Bunting the Landlady
Daisy Bunting
Joe Chandler
Dancer at Ball (uncredited)
Showgirl Victim (uncredited)
Man in Newspaper Office (uncredited)
Woman Listening to Wireless (uncredited)
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