To help make ends meet, the Musgrave family decides to rent out one of their rooms. A lodger arrives in the shape of Doctor Fell, a grim, rather menacing man, who soon begins to dominate the household.

As time passes, his increasingly peculiar behavior, together with the map of Whitechapel and the surgical instruments found in his room, raises suspicions that the Musgraves have none other than Jack the Ripper living in their house!


Directed by
Godfrey Grayson

Writing credits
Margery Allingham
John Gilling


Cast overview, first billed only:
Jimmy Hanley .... Curly Minter
Valentine Dyall .... Dr. Fell
Christine Silver .... Mrs. Musgrave
Merle Tottenham .... Alice
Constance Smith .... Molly Nusgrave
Charles Hawtrey .... Mike Atkinson
Aubrey Dexter .... Harding
Anthony La Penna .... JJ
Reginald Dyson .... Sergeant Cranbourne
Laurence Naismith .... Editor
John Clifford .... Atkinson
Stuart Saunders .... Porter
Cyril Conway .... Dr. Mansfield
Charles Houston .... Tom
Harriet Peterworth .... Matron


Runtime: 68 min
Country: UK
Language: English
Color: Black and White
Sound Mix: Mono
soft print