The Lady Vanishes (1938)

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Directed by

Alfred Hitchcock

Starring (View all)

Margaret Lockwood
Iris Henderson

Michael Redgrave
Gilbert

Paul Lukas
Dr. Hartz

Dame May Whitty
Miss Froy

Cecil Parker
Mr. Todhunter

Linden Travers
Mrs. Todhunter

Naunton Wayne
Caldicott

Basil Radford
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Ethel Lina White

Sidney Gilliat

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The Lady Vanishes

8 years, 8 months ago at May 24 8:53

JxSxPx

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In Hitchcock’s second-to-last British production, the master of suspense utilizes the stiff-upper-lippedness that makes the English culture so well-known. Each character is impossibly polite, remarkably charming and highly intelligent. Witty lines are tossed off with relish, but it soon begins to sink in: we are trapped on a train for roughly the next hour, and something bad is about to happen. ... read more

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7 years, 2 months ago at Nov 2 6:38

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One of my favorites! Great story line, and characters as well. I can watch this movie over and over and not get tiered of it. :)

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6 years, 1 month ago at Dec 9 9:07

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I'd call The Lady Vanishes lesser Hitchcock but it does hit on some of his more common tropes. We've a train, a Macgufffin and a case of mistaken (or missing) identity wrapped up in this story of Margaret Lockwood's character searching for a vanished without a trace woman on a train. The search itself is rather compelling as is the interplay between Lockwood and Michael Redgrave (who joins in th... read more

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Description: On a train through Europe, Iris Henderson meets the kindly old woman Miss Froy, and they meet several other passengers over the course of their conversation. Iris later wakes up from a nap to discover that Miss Froy is nowhere to be found, and none of the people they met seem to have any recollection of her. A psychiatrist on the train suggests that Miss Froy never existed: Iris was bumped on the head before boarding, and the conversation may have only taken place in her head. However, Iris is certain that something more sinister is going on, and teams up with another acquaintance, the musician Gilbert, to find her before the tr ... (more)

Release date: 1 November 1938
UPC: 018111202138

Tags: Thriller (17), 1930s (14), Mystery (13), Drama (8), 1938 (8), Hitchcock (7), Train (7), British (6), UK (5), Suspense (5), Conspiracy (5), Rabbit (4), Fight (4), Goat (4), Spy (4), Singing (4), Piano (4), Classic (4), Magician (4), Murder (4)

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" One of Alfred Hitchcock's best British thrillers. An excellent script filled with interesting characters and fun details make this the second best train mystery after "Murder on the Orient Express". "

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"THE LADY VANISHESReleased: 7 October 1938 (92 minutes)Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock Written by: Sidney Gilliat, Frank Laudner, Ethel Lina White Starring: Margaret Lockwood, Michael RedgraveHOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4 TOTAL: 8 (++)"