Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)

Director:

Otto Preminger

Writers:

John Mortimer (screenplay) &
Penelope Mortimer (screenplay) ...
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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:

School | Police | Investigation | England | Disappearance

Awards:

Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Laurence Olivier	...	Superintendent Newhouse
Carol Lynley	...	Ann Lake
Keir Dullea	...	Steven Lake
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
Damaris Hayman	...	Daphne
Jane Evers	...	Policewoman
Lisa Peake
Kika Markham	...	Nurse
Ann Lancaster	...	Grocer's Assistant
Suky Appleby	...	Felicia 'Bunny' Lake
Richard Wattis	...	Clerk in Shipping Office
David Oxley	...	Doctor
Victor Maddern	...	Taxi Driver
Percy Herbert	...	Policeman at Station
Fred Emney	...	Man in Soho
John Sharp	...	Finger Print Man
Geoffrey Frederick	...	Police Photographer
Norman Mitchell	...	Mover
Dan Jackson	...	Mover
Tim Brinton	...	Newscaster
Bill Maxim	...	Barman (as Bill Maxam)
Michael Wynne	...	Rogers
Patrick Jordan	...	Policeman
John Forbes-Robertson	...	Hospital Attendant
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Otto Preminger	...	On-screen Trailer Host and Narrator (uncredited)

Directed by
Otto Preminger

Writing credits
John Mortimer		(screenplay) &
Penelope Mortimer		(screenplay)
Marryam Modell		(novel) (as Evelyn Piper)

Produced by
Otto Preminger	....	producer
Martin C. Schute	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Paul Glass

Cinematography by
Denys N. Coop		(director of photography) (as Denys Coop)

Film Editing by
Peter Thornton

Casting by
James Liggat

Production Design by
Donald M. Ashton		(as Don Ashton)

Set Decoration by
Scott Slimon
Elven Webb

Costume Design by
Hope Bryce

Makeup Department
Maude Onslow	....	hairdresser (as Maud Onslow)
Neville Smallwood	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Eva Monley	....	production manager
Douglas Peirce	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bryan Coates	....	assistant director
Ivo Nightingale	....	assistant director
Bernard Williams	....	assistant director (as Bernie Williams)

Art Department
Harry Newman	....	property master

Sound Department
Jonathan Bates	....	sound editor
Claude Hitchcock	....	sound
Red Law	....	sound
Barry Copland	....	sound maintenance (uncredited)
John Salter	....	boom operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Charles Staffell	....	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Peter Carey	....	chief electrician
Gerry Fisher	....	camera operator
Dick Savery	....	camera grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ray Beck	....	wardrobe master
Evelyn Gibbs	....	wardrobe mistress

Music Department
Valerie Lesser	....	music editor

Other crew
Saul Bass	....	title designer
Pamela Carlton	....	continuity supervisor (as Pam Carlton)
Noreen Hipwell	....	production secretary
Max Slater	....	assistant to producer
David White	....	production accountant
Jean-Étienne Siry	....	poster designer (french version) (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Wheel Productions

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1965) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures Corporation (1965) (UK) (theatrical)
• Columbia-Bavaria Filmgesellschaft m.b.H. (1966) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1969) (USA) (TV) (pan/scan)
• DD Home Entertainment (2007) (UK) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

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:

A remake was planned during the period of 2007-2009. Reese Witherspoon was attached to the project which was ultimately shelved.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Steven:She may be a few minutes late. Will you please wait for her?
Mover:Yes sir.
Mover:Thank you.

Movie Connections:

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

Soundtrack:

Mulberry Bush

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.