Very watchable. Contains a great deal of suspense and a good amount of pathos towards the final section (although the ending itself is a bit of a cop-out). Novello is awesome as the lodger - his entrance is like something out of a gothic horror. Some nice touches by Hitch, too; interesting camera angles and dark, moody lighting make it quite atmospheric in places.

So pretty and glowing...

Very good one and, probably, the best of young Hitchcock.

79.750

Hitchock's first Hitchcock. He makes something memorable and, on some level, enjoyable out of what otherwise would have been a dull, uninteresting film, and he puts some nice touches in it, but it still drags quite a lot and should have been shorter. Still I think it's worth seeing, if only for the fantastic opening sequence that is really the main attraction this film has to offer.

The beginning of the Hitchcock Style. The visual touches were all a nice treat.

The first film that truly showed what Hitchcock was capable of creating.

Not bad, but severely dated.

A very spooky performance by Ivor Novello as "The Lodger", and a fine film by the up-and-coming Alfred Hitchcock. Throughout the film I'm left wondering who this strange lodger could be. This film features Hitchcock's first cameo appearance. It's about three minutes into the film and he's in a newspaper office working a telephone, his back to the camera. He did the cameo only because the actor who was supposed to play the part failed to appear on the set. The rest is history.

Ivor Novello does an excellent job here, and there's some cool directing coming from Hitchcock here. It drags a lot though. Kind of felt like it was trying to fill up the time. There's a lot of cool stuff going on here though to keep it going.

This was the first black and white film I ever got attached to.

Ivor Novello's performance, and Hitchcock's clever direction, make this film. What they do with the lodger character in building him up amongst the increasing panic surrounding Jack the Ripper is superb, and capped off with a great ending. The rest is ok, but more of a mixed bag, from the dull overacting policeman/boyfriend to the sometimes awkward pacing. The central core makes these parts easy to overlook, though.

amazing

One of Hitchcock's very first movies, his first suspense film, and the first of many "wrong man" films. A few interesting stylistic touches, and it keeps you guessing, but it's poorly paced. Probably could have been 30-40 minutes.

One of Hitchcock's first. Not worth seeking out, though.

Hitch's third film as Director. The first of many to use the wrong man theme and the first Hitch cameo.

Made above average by the well-placed religious imagery.

"One of Hitchcock's earlier efforts that was hacked around a bit to take out some of the more ambiguous psychological elements by the editor but still retains the old Hitch charm."