The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
U.S. theatrical release poster
Directed by	Alfred Hitchcock
Screenplay by	Eliot Stannard
Based on	The Lodger 1913 novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes
Produced by	Michael Balcon Carlyle Blackwell C. M. Woolf
Starring	Marie Ault Arthur Chesney June Tripp Malcolm Keen Ivor Novello
Cinematography	Gaetano di Ventimiglia
Edited by	Ivor Montagu
Production company	Gainsborough Pictures
Distributed by	Woolf & Freedman Film Service
Release date	14 February 1927 (1927-02-14) (UK)
Running time	90 minutes (2012 restoration)[1]
Country	United Kingdom
Language	Silent film with English intertitles
Budget	UK £12,000

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog is a 1927 British silent thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, June Tripp, Malcolm Keen and Ivor Novello. Hitchcock's third feature film, it was released on 14 February 1927 in London and on 10 June 1928 in New York City. The film is based on the 1913 novel The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes and the play Who Is He? co-written by Belloc Lowndes. Its plot concerns the hunt for a Jack the Ripper-like serial killer in London.^[1]

The film was Hitchcock's first thriller, and established his reputation as a director.^[2] Upon its release, the trade journal Bioscope wrote: "It is possible that this film is the finest British production ever made".^[2]