| Release Date: | Feb 1927 |
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| Genres: | Thriller / Horror / Crime |
| Runtime: | 83 min |
| Cast: | Marie Ault (The Landlady), Arthur Chesney (Her Husband), June (Daisy - a Mannequin) Malcolm Keen (Joe - a Police Detective) Ivor Novello (The Lodger) Reginald Gardiner ((uncredited)) Eve Gray (Showgirl Victim) Alfred Hitchcock (Extra in Newspaper Office (uncredited)) |
A serial killer known as "the avenger" is murdering blonde women in London. A new lodger, Jonathan Drew, arrives at Mr. and Mrs. Bounting's in Bloomsbury and rents a room. The man has some strange habits, he goes out during foggy nights and keeps a picture of a blonde girl in his bedroom. The Bounting's daughter, Daisy, is a blonde model and she is engaged to Joe, a detective. When Joe finds out that Bounting suspects Jonathan, he is jealous of the lodger flirting with Daisy and arrests the man accusing him of being the avenger.
