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The Lady Vanishes
The Lady Vanishes — Comedy! Chills! Chuckles! in a Mystery Express!
1938 7.5 11.0K NR views saved
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The Lady Vanishes

1938 7.5 11.0K NR views saved
The Lady Vanishes

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.

Countries: GB
Languages: Italian, English, German, French
Content Rating: NR
Runtime: 1hrs 36min
Status: Released
Release date: 1938-10-07
Release format: Streaming — Jan 01, 2000
Comments
Caty
@catyalexandre 11 years ago

Intriguing, mysterious with a lot of humour, The Lady Vanishes it's so fun to watch! The acting is great. Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave were so funny together!

Overall, another absolutely great film from Alfred Hitchcock.

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Caty
@catyalexandre 11 years ago

Intriguing, mysterious with a lot of humour, The Lady Vanishes it's so fun to watch! The acting is great. Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave were so funny together!

Overall, another absolutely great film from Alfred Hitchcock.

7
MoviemanKev
@moviemankev79 3 years ago

The Lady Vanishes is humorously witty, effortlessly charming and a damn fine locomotive thriller to boot. One of Hitchcock's most enjoyable

2
@manical 1 year ago

This feels remarkably modern-day. What a picture!

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@gunsgirl 5 years ago

Great classic movie taking place on a train.... a woman goes missing without anyone even noticing she was on the train: intrigue and mystery..... well done and a great watch.

4
@finfan 6 years ago

A very well made classic thriller of old. Only the romance feels out of place.

1
alexlimberg
@alexlimberg 1 week ago

Gaslighting turned to 11. Suspenseful and exciting most of the time. Not bad for a movie that is primarily taking place in a confined location. Has some witty and funny dialogues. Good cinematography (it's Hitchcock alright!) and good actors. The female lead is gorgeous. Some scenes are silly though. Like the skirmish with the magician. Or is this supposed to be funny? Don't get it.

Does this story make sense at all? Don't think so. How would people who are obviously not conspirators won't remember the old lady? And why would the foreign authorities come up with such an elaborate kidnapping plan. For god's sake: just stop the train. Show your rifles. Arrest the old lady. Who would stop them? Why is it important that the lady vanishes without a trace? As if that's not less suspicious than just arresting here. And Whitehall would seduce what happened and who took her anyway.

It's also astonishing how jingoistic this movie is. Determined Englishmen save the world in style.

The ending is also bad. It's a very conventional ending (both the romance and the spy message delivery) that was added to fulfill the usual expectations of the audience.

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Tony Bates
@soonertbone 2 years ago

I'm still not the biggest fan of British-era Hitchcock (and this one is VERY British), but this film is probably my favorite of the lot. It's certainly the funniest (Charters and Caldicott, ever-present with some peak British dryness) but it gets in some good suspense as well. It soars in the middle third, especially as we question whether Iris is crazy or not (the Froy/Freud is a nice bit of misdirection.) The more physical action sequences are a tad silly, but they're also leavened by humor and I don't think they're meant to be taken too seriously. The romance is decent and the jokes land--not shabby!

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