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Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
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3 October 1965 (USA)
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No one admitted while the clock is ticking! more
Plot:
A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards.
Another 1 nomination
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More surprising than the outcome is how well Carol Lynley holds her own against Laurence Olivier!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Laurence Olivier | ... | Newhouse | |
| Carol Lynley | ... | Ann | |
| Keir Dullea | ... | Steven | |
| Martita Hunt | ... | Ada Ford | |
| Anna Massey | ... | Elvira | |
| Clive Revill | ... | Andrews | |
| Finlay Currie | ... | Doll Maker | |
| Lucie Mannheim | ... | Cook | |
| The Zombies | ... | Themselves | |
| Noel Coward | ... | Wilson (as Noël Coward) | |
| Adrienne Corri | ... | Dorothy | |
| Megs Jenkins | ... | Sister | |
| Delphi Lawrence | ... | 1st Mother | |
| Jill Melford | ... | Teacher | |
| Suzanne Neve | ... | 2nd Mother |
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107 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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West Germany:12 (f) (cut version) |
West Germany:16 (f) (original version) |
Finland:K-16 |
Sweden:15
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The last feature film of Finlay Currie.
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Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): The little girl of the title, Felicia "Bunny" Lake, is supposed to be an American just arrived in England by ocean liner, yet she speaks with a distinctly English accent.
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Quotes:
Doll-maker:
[holding a damaged doll that he is trying to repair] I've got a near fatality here.
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Movie Connections:
Remade as Bunny Lake Is Missing (2012)
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Soundtrack:
Frère Jacques
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Were Ann and Stephen having an incestuous relationship?How much of a role do "The Zombies" have in this movie?
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| brother in bathtub, creepy | PaulaRbrts |
| Hitchcock | whitelion43 |
| Zombies | LCShackley |
| dubbed sound at approx 28min in | ksf-2 |
| holes in the plot | mrharper77 |
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Carol Lynley does some fabulous work here as American woman newly arrived in England whose little daughter is apparently kidnapped from school on her first day. The catch is, nobody knows the child and Lynley is having trouble proving she even exists! Terrific mystery from director Otto Preminger, an uneven filmmaker who does strong work just up to the finale (which is somewhat anti-climactic). Laurence Olivier is the police inspector on the case and he's very smooth, cunning and yet sympathetic to Lynley. There are some mod overtures which seem misplaced, and Noël Coward has a gratuitous bit as Carol's drunken landlord (and BBC celebrity!), yet the film does have many sharp bits of minute detail, intriguing and funny supporting characters, terrific cinematography and locations. Does it all add up? No, but it's inscrutable fun nevertheless. *** from ****