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The Lady Vanishes

The Lady Vanishes

  • Status: Released
  • 07-10-1938
  • Runtime: 96 min
  • Score: 7.427
  • Vote count: 981

On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of unconsciousness and wakes to find the old woman has disappeared. The other passengers ominously deny Miss Froy ever existed, so Iris begins to investigate with another traveler and, as the pair sleuth, romantic sparks fly.

Margaret Lockwood

Iris Matilda Henderson

Michael Redgrave

Gilbert Redman

Paul Lukas

Dr. Hartz

May Whitty

Miss Froy

Basil Radford

Charters

Naunton Wayne

Caldicott

Cecil Parker

Eric Todhunter

Linden Travers

'Mrs.' Margaret Todhunter

Mary Clare

Baroness Isabel Nisatona

Emile Boreo

Boris the Hotel Manager

Googie Withers

Blanche

Sally Stewart

Julie

Philip Leaver

Signor Doppo

Selma Vaz Dias

Signora Doppo

Catherine Lacey

The Nun

Josephine Wilson

Madame Kummer

Charles Oliver

The Officer

Kathleen Tremaine

Anna

Ernest Blyth

Foreign Office Man (uncredited)

Alfred Hitchcock

Man in London Railway Station (uncredited)

Roy Russell

Violinist (uncredited)

Wallace Bosco

Gasthof Petrus Guest (uncredited)

Alf Casha

Gasthof Petrus Guest (uncredited)

Nan Kearns

Dancing Woman (uncredited)

John Miller

Rudolf - Gasthof Waiter (uncredited)

John More

Passenger in Dining Car (uncredited)

Charles Rolfe

Train Fireman (uncredited)

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This is a great adventure caper - Margaret Lockwood befriends a charming old lady - Dame May Whitty - in an hotel who subsequently disappears as they travel on a train back to England. She teams up with the pretty exasperating Michael Redgrave and together they try to find the old girl. Paul Lukas is the wonderfully understated doctor and Catherine Lacey has fun being the nun. There are also a few minor storylines running parallel with the search which add some humour and a little diversion as we discover that there are sinister forces at work. It's a simple but compelling Sidney Gilliat screenplay with Hitchcock at his suspenseful best.