The Lady Vanishes

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The Lady Vanishes is a 1938 British mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, renowned for its blend of suspense, wit, and intrigue aboard a trans-European train.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British film
film
mystery film
thriller film
basedOn The Wheel Spins
novel by Ethel Lina White
cinematographyBy Jack E. Cox NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticalReception acclaimed
director Alfred Hitchcock
distributor Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
surface form: Gaumont British Distributors
editedBy R. E. Dearing
filmFormat black-and-white
filmRatingSystem pre-war British cinema era
genre comedy
mystery
thriller
hasTheme conspiracy
disappearance
espionage
influenced later train-set thrillers
mainCharacter Gilbert Redman NERFINISHED
Iris Henderson
Miss Froy
musicBy Louis Levy NERFINISHED
narrativeLocation trans-European train
notableFor blend of suspense and comedy
train-set mystery plot
originalLanguage English
partOf Alfred Hitchcock filmography
producer Edward Black
productionCompany Gainsborough Pictures
publicationDate 1938
releaseYear 1938
runtimeMinutes 96
screenwriter Frank Launder
Sidney Gilliat
setIn fictional central European country
train
starring Basil Radford
Dame May Whitty
Margaret Lockwood
Michael Redgrave
Naunton Wayne
Paul Lukas

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Alfred Hitchcock directed The Lady Vanishes
Alfred Hitchcock notableWork The Lady Vanishes