The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
film by Hitchcock [1927]
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The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) is considered Alfred Hitchcock's first significant film. Adapted from a novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes, it tells the suspenseful story of a man in London accused of being a Jack the Ripper-like killer. The film follows his struggle to prove his innocence, a common theme in many of Hitchcock's later works where an innocent protagonist is wrongly accused. This movie was Hitchcock's first major success and marked his first cameo appearance.12
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