The Lady Vanishes (1938)
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Spies! Playing the game of love - and sudden death! | |
Alfred Hitchcock | |
Edward Black | |
Sidney Gilliat & Frank Launder | |
Ethel Lina White (original novel) | |
Margaret Lockwood Michael Redgrave Paul Lukas Dame May Whitty | |
Jack E. Cox | |
97 minutes | |
black & white | |
mono | |
1.37:1 | |
Gainsborough Pictures | |
Bluray & DVD | |
Synopsis
Travellers on a trans-European train are delayed for a night due to bad weather in an unnamed country. The passengers cram into the small village hotel where socialite Iris Henderson meets an old governess called Miss Froy. Shortly after the journey restarts, Miss Froy disappears. (© IMDB)
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Releases
Blu-ray
The Lady Vanishes (1938) - Network (Blu-ray, UK, 2014) ▶ Amazon (UK) | |
The Lady Vanishes (1938) - Criterion Collection (Blu-ray, USA, 2011) |
DVD
Notes
- many of the US R1 DVDs are missing a short segment of film (more details)
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Themes
- birds - In the luggage cart of the train
- the MacGuffin - the tune that is a secret code
- the Hitchcock cameo - at Victoria Station, wearing a black coat and smoking a cigar
Cast and Crew
Directed by:
Starring:
- Margaret Lockwood — Iris Matilda Henderson
- Michael Redgrave — Gilbert Redman
- Paul Lukas — Doctor Hartz of Prague
- Dame May Whitty — Miss Froy, Governess
- Cecil Parker — Eric Todhunter
- Linden Travers — "Mrs" Margaret Todhunter
- Naunton Wayne — Caldicott
- Basil Radford — Charters
- Mary Clare — Baroness Isabel Nisatona
- Emile Boreo — Boris the Hotel Manager
- Googie Withers — Blanche
- Sally Stewart — Julie
- Philip Leaver — Signor Doppo
- Zelma Vas Dias — Signora Doppo
- Catherine Lacey — The Nun
Produced by:
Written by:
- Ethel Lina White — original novel ("The Wheel Spins")
- Sidney Gilliat
- Frank Launder
Photographed by:
Edited by:
Music by:
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