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Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)

Not Rated | | Mystery, Thriller | 3 October 1965 (USA)
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A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.

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Cast overview, first billed only:
... Superintendent Newhouse
... Ann Lake
... Steven Lake
... Ada Ford
... Elvira
... Andrews
... Doll Maker
... Cook
... The Zombies
... Wilson
... Dorothy
... Sister
Delphi Lawrence ... 1st Mother
Jill Melford ... Teacher
... 2nd Mother
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Ann Lake has recently settled in England with her daughter, Bunny. When she goes to retrieve her daughter after the girl's first day at school, no one has any record of Bunny having been registered. When even the police can find no trace that the girl ever existed, they wonder if the child was only a fantasy of Ann's. When Ann's brother backs up the police's suspicions, she appears to be a mentally-disturbed individual. Are they right? Written by Alfred Jingle

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investigation | abduction | disappearance | reel to reel tape recorder | mother daughter relationship | See All (14) »

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Mystery | Thriller

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3 October 1965 (USA)  »

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Trivia

Although The Zombies have a cameo in this movie, they do not sing the song that was their biggest hit in America, "She's Not There" - even though the lyrics and especially the title would seem to make it especially relevant to this movie's plot. See more »

Goofs

Steven uses the fuel from the oil lamp to light the doll's hair on fire; but he should have burnt his hand when pulling off what should have been a very hot glass chimney from the top of the lamp. See more »

Quotes

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

The end credits begin with a cut out of Bunny's doll, before a hand replaces the cut out with black paper, and the credits begin to roll. See more »

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Soundtracks

Remember You
Written by Chris White
Performed by The Zombies
Played on the television in the pub
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Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How does the movie end?
Q: What is "junket"?
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Great British movie
30 June 2004 | by – See all my reviews

Stuffed with wonderful character actors and recognisably shabby locations - like the little school in an old house where the cook is making junket (whatever happened to junket?). Her accent is familiar: she once played a beautiful spy in 39 Steps, warning of leaking "secrets vital to your air defence". After many viewings, it's easy to forget that it's a mystery and everyone is a suspect. Has Bunny been abducted by sinister Martita Hunt (the slightly dotty founder of the school)? Or creepy Noel Coward (the landlord)? The Zombies song "Just Out of Reach" keeps being reprised.

They were more famous, though, for a song called "She's Not There". How's that for intertextuality? The script is by John and Penelope Mortimer. John is famous for the Rumpole series, and Laurence Olivier's detective has echoes of Rumpole, muttering that bus conductors never notice anything - they are dreamers and philosophers. Noel Coward's character too is very Mortimerian: "There are many at the BBC who bear bruises left by the love of Horatio Wilson." Mortimer reveres Shakespeare and Conan Doyle and sometimes it shows.

The plot is stuffed, sometimes clunkily, with issues that were only just beginning to be spoken about: perversion (in the person of whip-wielding Horatio), teen pregnancy (Anne Lake seems about 20), unmarried motherhood and abortion. Anne chose to have her baby and raise it on her own. This is still a difficult course of action, but in 1965 it was groundbreaking, especially if you were - as she is - middle class.
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