The Lodger (1932)

19321h 03mdir. Maurice ElveyUnited Kingdomthriller film

Note: this print runs 63 minutes against a recorded 85 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.

With Barbara Everest, Elizabeth Allan, Ivor Novello, Jack Hawkins, Kynaston Reeves

Directed by Maurice Elvey

The Lodger still

The Lodger (U.S. title: The Phantom Fiend) is a 1932 British thriller film directed by Maurice Elvey, and starring Ivor Novello, Elizabeth Allan, and Jack Hawkins. It was written by Miles Mander, Paul Rotha, H. Fowler Mear and Ivor Novello (the latter uncredited) based on the 1913 novel The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes. The film was released in the United States in 1935 in truncated form, as The Phantom Fiend.

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