Rarely seen today, this version of "The Lodger" was shown in January, 2014, at BFI Southbank, London, as part of its "Gothic" season. Unfortunately it was the version mangled by British censors. The attempted murder of Kitty (Merle Oberon) is impossible to understand because her apparent strangulation is interrupted by two or possibly three censor cuts. Then, far from being mown down by bullets (as another review mentions), Slade (Laird Cregar) is seen being cornered by police before, very abruptly, falling through a window into the Thames. It's a great shame that this butchered version is preserved in the National Film Archive.
Review of The Lodger
