Q: I saw a movie called “The Lodger” with my family when I was young. It was possibly from 1943 or ’44. Who was the male lead? Was this an early Hitchcock? It caused bad dreams for years.

A: “The Lodger,” from 1944, starred Laird Cregar as the mysterious, dangerous lodger renting a room from a couple (Sara Allgood and Cedric Hardwicke); the cast also includes Merle Oberon and George Sanders, with John Brahm directing.

You are not entirely off base about a Hitchcock connection. The movie is a remake of a 1927 “The Lodger” directed by Hitchcock, with both films based on a novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes. While the Hitchcock version has many admirers, at least one reference says the later film is better.

Q: “The Hunting Wives” is such a good series! I’m wondering if there will be a Season 2

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