The lady vanishes [videorecording (Blu-ray)] / GB Pictures presents ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; screen play, Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder ; a "Gainsborough" picture.
Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, Dame May Whitty, Cecil Parker, Linden Travers, Naunton Wayne, Basil Radford. "Based upon the novel The wheel spins by Eithel Lina White." Originally produced as a motion picture in 1938. "Copyright by Gaumont British Corporation of America, 1938." Booklet (19 p. ; ill.) with program notes and essays in English inserted in container. Special features: audio commentary by film historian Bruce Eder; Crook's tour, a 1941 feature-length adventure film directed by John Baxter; excerpts from Francois Truffaut's 1966 audio interview with director Alfred Hitchcock; Mystery train, a video essay by Hitchcock scholar Leonard Liff; stills gallery.
Summary:
A nice, tweedy old English woman disappears from her compartment on a European train. A young woman who wonders why becomes frantic when everyone tells her there never was such a person. A young man comes to her aid and they solve a criss-cross puzzle of espoinage, counter-espionage and attempted assassination.
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