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The Lady Vanishes

Summary: While travelling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train.

Release Date: November 01, 1938

Genres: Thriller, Mystery

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Writers: Ethel Lina White

, Sidney Gilliat

, Frank Launder

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Gainsborough Pictures

Distributor: Gaumont British Picture Corporation of America, United Artists, Janus Films, Hal Roach Studios, The Criterion Collection, Films sans Frontières, The Criterion Channel, HBO Max, Tubi TV, Diamond Video, MPI Home Video, Stream Go Media

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

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abduction accident victim accordion adulterous husband adulterous wife adultery alps amateur sleuth ambulance attempted murder avalanche baggage baggage car bandaged face bare chested male bare chested man barefoot female barefoot male baroness barrister based on novel bechdel test passed biting someone biting someone's hand black and white black and white film blood blood on hands brain specialist brain surgeon brandy bribe bribery brit abroad british noir british spy briton abroad broken engagement broken marriage engagement butt slap caldicott and charters caldicott and charters characters calf camera shot of bare feet chambermaid champagne cheating husband cheating wife chef clarinet clarinetist climbing outside a train concussion confession conspiracy conspiracy theory conspirator contemporary setting continental europe cook cover identity coward crime wave cuckoo clock czech abroad dance dance scene dancing death by gunshot dining car diorama director cameo disappearance disbelief disguise doctor double agent double cross drugged drink eccentric eccentricity emergency brake emergency stop english englishman abroad espionage evidence expressionism extramarital affair eyeglasses f rated face bandage fainting fainting woman fake identity fake nun false identity fantasy scene female protagonist female secret agent female spy fictional country fictional european country fictitious country fight fight on a train firefight folk dance food wrapper foreign office forest french language spoken gay couple german language spoken glasses goat governess group of friends guitar guitar playing guitarist gun gunfight gunshot gunshot wound hand injury held at gunpoint hiding hit in the head hit on the head hit on the head with a falling flower pot hit with a chair homoerotic subtext hotel hotel receptionist hotel room hunger hysterical outburst identity illusionist impersonating a nun impersonation inexplicit bathroom humor infidelity interwar period investigation italian abroad italian language spoken journey kidnapping knife knocked unconscious lawyer lie listening to music locked locked door locked in london england long distance telephone call love triangle luggage lying magic trick magician maid male female fight male singer man slaps a woman's butt manipulative behavior message miniatures missing person missing woman mistaken identity montage mountain hotel murder murder by gunshot murder by shooting music teacher musician mysterious event no one believes the protagonist noblewoman noisy neighbor nun nun costume obnoxiousness old lady old woman outburst passenger train patient piano pigeon pipe smoking pistol playing clarinet playing guitar playing piano playing with food pointing a gun at someone political intrigue poster pretending to be a nun pretending to be deaf pretending to be married pretending to be mute pretending to sleep private investigation psychological psychological manipulation psychological thriller rabbit reading a newspaper receptionist reference to sherlock holmes reference to will hay remade restaurant revolver road movie scar screaming woman scuffle secret secret agent secret message secret mission secret operation serenade shadow on a wall shared hotel room shared room sharing a bed sharing a room shattered glasses shooting shootout shot in the hand shot in the leg shot to death siege singer singing singing in a bathroom ski lodge smoking snow spiked drink spy spy film spy thriller steam locomotive steam on glass stopping a train strangled to death stretcher stretching strong female character strong female lead substitute substitution sugar sugar cube surgeon suspense suspicion switchblade taxi teacher telephone call three word title throttling tied up woman train train carriage train compartment train crosses an international border train dispatcher train engineer train journey train movie train passenger train ride train station train travel train trip train whistle travel trip to united kingdom trunk tune tune is a coded messsage tune is coded messsage unclear whether a person exists unfaithful husband unfaithful wife unfaithfulness vacation gone wrong waiter waving a handkerchief whistling witness woman faints woman tied up woman undresses in front of a man woman wears a white slip woman wears lingerie wounded writing on a glass window

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