The Lady Vanishes (1938)

Spies! Playing the game of love - and sudden death!
director	Alfred Hitchcock
producers	Edward Black
writer	Sidney Gilliat & Frank Launder
story by	Ethel Lina White (original novel)
starring	Margaret Lockwood Michael Redgrave Paul Lukas Dame May Whitty
cinematographer	Jack E. Cox
running time	97 minutes
colour	black & white
sound mix	mono
aspect ratio	1.37:1
studios	Gainsborough Pictures
availability	Bluray & DVD
film-1526 (add your rating)

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)88088 ▶ Amazon (UK)
	The Lady Vanishes (1938) - Criterion Collection (Blu-ray, USA, 2011)

DVD

	Une Femme Disparaît (1938) - TF1 Vidéo (France, 2008) PAL 1.33:1
	The Lady Vanishes (1938) - Network (UK, 2008) - part of a box set PAL 1.33:1
	The Lady Vanishes (1938) - Criterion Collection (USA, 2007) Amazon (USA)

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Notes

• many of the US R1 DVDs are missing a short segment of film (more details)

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Film Frames

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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:

• Alfred Hitchcock

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:

• Edward Black

Written by:

• Ethel Lina White — original novel ("The Wheel Spins")
• Sidney Gilliat
• Frank Launder

Photographed by:

• Jack E. Cox

Edited by:

• R.E. Dearing

Music by:

• Louis Levy
• Cecil Milner