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Release Date:
1 November 1938 (USA)
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Tagline:
Spies! Playing the game of love - and sudden death!
Plot:
While traveling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train. full summary | full synopsis
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Train
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Governess
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Dining Car
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Double Cross
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Concussion
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Awards:
1 win
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(4 articles)
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An Early Hitchcock Classic
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 | ... | Charters |
| Mary Clare | ... | Baroness |
| Emile Boreo | ... | Boris - Hotel Manager |
| Googie Withers | ... | Blanche |
| Sally Stewart | ... | Julie |
| Philip Leaver | ... | Signor Doppo |
| Selma Vaz Dias | ... | Signora Doppo (as Zelma Vas Dias) |
| Catherine Lacey | ... | The Nun (as Catherine Lacy) |
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Runtime:
96 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Full Range Recording System)
Certification:
Portugal:M/12 |
Finland:K-15 (2006) |
USA:Approved (PCA #02144) |
South Korea:15 (2003) |
USA:Passed |
USA:TV-G (TV rating) |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:G (original rating) |
Australia:PG (alternate rating) |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-12 |
Germany:12 |
Peru:14 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:A |
Canada:PG
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Although he uses the fictitious Bandrikan language when speaking to his staff, at the end of the phone conversation in which he conveys Iris's room service order for "champagne", Boris, the harassed hotel manager, exclaims, "Oy vey is mir", a Yiddish expression meaning "woe is me."
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Continuity: The way Charters leans over Caldicott in bed when the maid enters changes between shots.
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'Mrs.' Margaret Todhunter:
[having been given the choice between a double or two single rooms, Eric Todhunter has hastily chosen the two singles] You might at least have asked which one I preferred.
Eric Todhunter: Please Margaret, a double room in a place like this?
'Mrs.' Margaret Todhunter: You weren't so particular in Paris last fall.
Eric Todhunter: That was different then, the exhibition was at its height.
'Mrs.' Margaret Todhunter: I realise that now. There's no need to rub it in!
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Eric Todhunter: Please Margaret, a double room in a place like this?
'Mrs.' Margaret Todhunter: You weren't so particular in Paris last fall.
Eric Todhunter: That was different then, the exhibition was at its height.
'Mrs.' Margaret Todhunter: I realise that now. There's no need to rub it in!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Dallas: The Lady Vanishes (#11.5)" (1987)
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Soundtrack:
Colonel Bogey March
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Although Hitchcock was noted for his wit and often sprinkled his films with wickedly funny moments, he seldom gave comic elements such a free reign as he did in THE LADY VANISHES, which is among the most memorable of his early British films. Charmingly cast with Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, and Dame May Witty in the leads, the extremely witty script mixes 1930s romantic froth with increasingly tense suspense in the story of sharp witted young woman (Lockwood) who befriends an elderly lady (Witty) during a train journey--and is extremely disturbed when, as the title states, the lady vanishes.
Many regard this as the best of Hitchcock's early work, and it is easy to see why: the film demonstrates his growing talent for building suspense from an unlikely mix of the commonplace and the incredible. He is also remarkably blessed in his cast, with Lockwood and Redgrave possessing considerable chemistry and Dame May Witty particularly endearing in one of the character roles at which she so excelled; the supporting cast is also particularly memorable.
Hitchcock guides them all with never a misstep through a complex script that progresses from very lighthearted to extremely sinister and then back again, and the result leaves audiences with both the satisfaction of a well-made thriller and the glow of a romantic comedy. Although it lacks the subtle tones of his later work, THE LADY VANISHES is among my own favorites by Hitchcock, and fans who have never seen it are in for a real treat. Highly recommended.
Gary F. Taylor, aka GFT, Amazon Reviewer