Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Otto Preminger

Writers:

Marryam Modell (novel)
John Mortimer (writer) ...

Release Date:

3 October 1965 (USA)

Genre:

Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

No one admitted while the clock is ticking!

Plot:

A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.

Plot Keywords:

Police | School | Child | England | Television

Awards:

Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 1 nomination

US TV Schedule:

Thur. July 23

6:00 PM

TCM

Cast

Laurence Olivier	...	Supt. Newhouse
Carol Lynley	...	Ann Lake
Keir Dullea	...	Steven Lake
Martita Hunt	...	Ada Ford
Anna Massey	...	Elvira Smollett
Clive Revill	...	Sergeant Andrews
Lucie Mannheim	...	The Cook
Finlay Currie	...	Doll-maker
Rod Argent	...	Himself (as The Zombies)
Paul Atkinson	...	Himself (as The Zombies)
Colin Blunstone	...	Himself (as The Zombies)
Hugh Grundy	...	Himself (as The Zombies)
Chris White	...	Himself (as The Zombies)
Noel Coward	...	Horatio Wilson (as Noël Coward)
Adrienne Corri	...	Dorothy

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

West Germany:12 (f) (cut version) | West Germany:16 (f) (original version) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Cannon Hall - 14 Cannon Place, Off East Heath Road, Hampstead, London, England, UK

Company:

Wheel Productions

Trivia:

The last feature film of Finlay Currie.

Goofs:

Continuity: (At 96:48) Bunny Lake is running with her mother in the garden. After a cut to the brother, the exact same shot is shown again (passing behind a bush and a white stake).

Quotes:

Doll-maker: [holding a damaged doll that he is trying to repair] I've got a near fatality here.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Dead Talk Back (#7.3)" (1994)

Soundtrack:

Nothing's Changed

This movie has haunted me since childhood

I don't remember how old I was when I saw "Bunny Lake is Missing" - I was only 5 years old when it was released in theaters, and I know that I saw it on television, so I must have been around 10 or 12. All I know is that I have remembered it to this day, and when even the title of a movie, seen only once at such a young age, is etched forever in your memory, you know it's something worth seeing again. I can't remember every detail of the plot, but I remember the haunting feeling I had after seeing this movie, the realization for the first time, being so young, that things truly are not always as they seem. I have often thought about this movie over the years, and have always watched for it among late-night television, and among video titles, and this is the first place I have ever found mention of it - I was beginning to think it was one of those childhood memories that came from a vivid dream rather then from reality. I am happy to know that my memory was real, and that there are those who feel this movie was truly as great as I remember it being. I hope that someday it is made available - I look forward to the day when I can see it again.