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"The Lady Vanishes"
1938
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Together with The 39
Steps, this inspired thriller
catapulted Alfred Hitchcock to international fame. Cleverly
combining comedy and mystery, satire and romance, The Lady Vanishes
pits a retired governess (Dame May Whitty), a sharp-tongued debutante
(Margaret Lockwood), and an eccentric music scholar (Michael Redgrave)
against a ring of ruthless spies. The three begin as strangers on a
tourist-filled train, but when the matronly lady disappears, the
mismatched couple team up to find her. Cowritten by Sidney Gilliat
and Frank Lounder,
the mercilessly witty script features two cricket-obsessed Englishmen
(comedy duo Naunton Wayne and Basil Radford) who only fear that the search
will make them miss the
big
match! This early Hitchcock charmer remains one of his best. New York Film Critics, Best Director. "Directed with such skill and velocity...the quintessence of
screen suspense.." Pauline Kael, The New Yorker. "Still as fresh and funny (today) as in 1938. There's a sheer
pleasure in watching the way the plot turns so smoothly." - Tony Rayns, The Time Out Film Guide. Black
and white. 95
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