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5.3/10 • 13

1932-09-081h 25m

ActionThrillerRomanceCrime

A MYSTERY MASTERPIECE TAKES ON NEW LIFE

An elderly couple's lodger, a British musician (Ivor Novello), becomes the suspect in a series of killings.

Directors
Maurice Elvey
Writters
Miles Mander
Editors
Miles Mander, Jack Harris

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  1. Ivor Novello

    Ivor Novello

    Michel Angeloff

  2. Elizabeth Allan

    Elizabeth Allan

    Daisy Bunting

  3. A.W. Baskcomb

    A.W. Baskcomb

    George Bunting

  4. Barbara Everest

    Barbara Everest

    Mrs. Bunting

  5. Jack Hawkins

    Jack Hawkins

    Joe Martin

  6. Shayle Gardner

    Shayle Gardner

    Detective Snell

  7. Peter Gawthorne

    Peter Gawthorne

    Lord Southcliff

  8. Kynaston Reeves

    Kynaston Reeves

    Bob Mitchell

  9. Drusilla Wills

    Drusilla Wills

    Mrs. Coles

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CinemaSerf

Jun 15, 2025

6/10

I’m not too sure that with London regularly steeped in dense fog and with a murderer lurking the streets at night, I’d be looking to be renting out my spare room, but luckily for musician “Angeloff” (Ivor Novello) he not only finds bed and board with the kindly “Bunting” family but gets an added bonus in that he is soon also courting the daughter of the house, “Daisy” (Elizabeth Allan). Is he all he seems? Well the police are less than convinced as some of his nocturnal activities out-of-doors leave him open to suspicion. Now, what undoubtedly compromises this is the fact that the audience is in on the secret a bit too early in the proceedings and that it does take rather a while to get itself up and running. Once it is, though, the contributions from a lively Barbara Everest and A.W. Baskcomb as his hosts; the possibly a little too flighty Allan and the engaging Novello - who does manage to squeeze in a tune to remind us that it isn’t so very long since this would have been a silent movie, all build well enough to it’s dimly-lit denouement. Keep an eye out for Jack Hawkins and if you try not to compare it to other (earlier) versions, then I think it’s quite a watchable outing for a charismatic star.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
jack the ripper