The Lady Vanishes
Comedy! Chills! Chuckles! in a Mystery Express!
1938 | 96m | English
Popularity: 5 (history)
| Director: | Alfred Hitchcock |
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| Writer: | Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder, Ethel Lina White |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 07, 1938 |
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| Director: | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Writer: | Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder, Ethel Lina White |
| Genres: | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller |
| Keywords | secret agent, search for witnesses, train, missing person, espionage, concussion, conspiracy, old lady, flowerpot, british spy, magician |
| Production Companies | Gainsborough Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Sidney Gilliat | Screenplay |
| Frank Launder | Screenplay |
| Alfred Hitchcock | Director |
| Roy Ward Baker | Assistant Director |
| Alma Reville | Continuity |
| Louis Levy | Music Director, Original Music Composer |
| Jack E. Cox | Director of Photography |
| Sydney Wiles | Recording Supervision, Sound Recordist |
| R. E. Dearing | Editor |
| Charles Williams | Original Music Composer |
| Ethel Lina White | Novel |
| Tom D. Connochie | First Assistant Director |
| Len Harris | First Assistant Camera |
| Leslie Gilliat | Camera Operator |
| Albert Whitlock | Scenic Artist |
| Cecil Milner | Orchestrator |
| Claude Hitchcock | Sound Design Assistant |
| Alfred Roome | Editorial Staff |
| Maurice Carter | Assistant Art Director |
| Alex Vetchinsky | Set Designer |
| Albert Jullion | Assistant Art Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Edward Black | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 22 | 32 | 14 |
| 2024 | 5 | 45 | 60 | 32 |
| 2024 | 6 | 35 | 63 | 14 |
| 2024 | 7 | 22 | 42 | 14 |
| 2024 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 9 |
| 2024 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 10 |
| 2024 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 9 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 13 | 25 | 9 |
| 2025 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
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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 i ... s 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.