Movie Cosmos - The Lady Vanishes

Description:

On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of unconsciousness and wakes to find the old woman has disappeared. The other passengers ominously deny Miss Froy ever existed, so Iris begins to investigate with another traveler and, as the pair sleuth, romantic sparks fly.

Top Cast >

Margaret Lockwood

As Iris Matilda Henderson

Michael Redgrave

As Gilbert Redman

Paul Lukas

As Dr. Hartz

May Whitty

As Miss Froy

Basil Radford

As Charters

Naunton Wayne

As Caldicott

Cecil Parker

As Eric Todhunter

Linden Travers

As 'Mrs.' Margaret Todhunter

Mary Clare

As Baroness Isabel Nisatona

Emile Boreo

As Boris the Hotel Manager

Googie Withers

As Blanche

Sally Stewart

As Julie

Philip Leaver

As Signor Doppo

Selma Vaz Dias

As Signora Doppo

Catherine Lacey

As The Nun

Josephine Wilson

As Madame Kummer

Charles Oliver

As The Officer

Kathleen Tremaine

As Anna

Ernest Blyth

As Foreign Office Man (uncredited)

Alfred Hitchcock

As Man in London Railway Station (uncredited)

Roy Russell

As Violinist (uncredited)

Wallace Bosco

As Gasthof Petrus Guest (uncredited)

Alf Casha

As Gasthof Petrus Guest (uncredited)

Nan Kearns

As Dancing Woman (uncredited)

John Miller

As Rudolf - Gasthof Waiter (uncredited)

John More

As Passenger in Dining Car (uncredited)

Charles Rolfe

As Train Fireman (uncredited)

Top Crew >

Alfred Hitchcock

Director

Charles Williams

Original Music Composer

Ethel Lina White

Novel

Sydney Wiles

Sound Recordist, Recording Supervision

Sidney Gilliat

Screenplay

Louis Levy

Original Music Composer, Music Director

Frank Launder

Screenplay

R. E. Dearing

Editor

Jack E. Cox

Director of Photography

Edward Black

Producer

Maurice Carter

Assistant Art Director

Alex Vetchinsky

Set Designer

Albert Jullion

Assistant Art Director

Tom D. Connochie

First Assistant Director

Albert Whitlock

Scenic Artist

Len Harris

First Assistant Camera

Leslie Gilliat

Camera Operator

Cecil Milner

Orchestrator

Claude Hitchcock

Sound Design Assistant

Roy Ward Baker

Assistant Director

Alma Reville

Continuity

Alfred Roome

Editorial Staff

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (8/10)

This is a great adventure caper - Margaret Lockwood befriends a charming old lady - Dame May Whitty - in an hotel who subsequently disappears as they travel on a train back to England. She teams up with the pretty exasperating Michael Redgrave and together they try to find the old girl. Paul Lukas is the wonderfully understated doctor and Catherine Lacey has fun being the nun. There are also a few minor storylines running parallel with the search which add some humour and a little diversion as we discover that there are sinister forces at work. It's a simple but compelling Sidney Gilliat screenplay with Hitchcock at his suspenseful best.

2022-06-20