The Lady Vanishes Movie Review 1938

Kindly old lady, Miss Froy (Witty) seemingly disappears from a fast-moving train bound for England. But when her young friend Iris (Lockwood) investigates, she finds no one appears to believe her and she has a spiraling mystery to solve. Of course, Irish has music scholar Gilbert (Redgrave) eager to help her out. Hitchcock's first real winner, a smarmy, wit-drenched British mystery that precipitated his move to Hollywood. Along with "39 Steps," considered an early Hitchcock classic. From the novel "The Wheel Spins," by Ethel Lina White. Remade in 1979.

Distribution

LSVideo, Inc., PO Box 415, Carmel, IN 46082, Phone: (317)846-3736, Email: gus@lsvideo.com, URL: http://www.lsvideo.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 99 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Mystery & Suspense, Role Reversal, Trains, Missing Persons, 4 Bones

Screenplay

Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder

Cast

Margaret Lockwood, Paul Lukas, Michael Redgrave, May Whitty, Googie Withers, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Cecil Parker, Linden Travers, Catherine Lacey, Alfred Hitchcock

Cinematography

Jack Cox

Director

Alfred Hitchcock

Music

Louis Levy

Producer

Gaumont British

Awards

N.Y. Film Critics 1938: Director (Hitchcock).