#3: HITCHCOCK, Alfred: The Lady Vanishes (1938)

HITCHCOCK, Alfred (United Kingdom)
The Lady Vanishes [1938]
Spine #3
DVD


In Alfred Hitchcock's most quick-witted and devilish comic thriller, the beautiful Margaret Lockwood, traveling across Europe by train, meets a charming spinster (Dame May Whitty), who then seems to disappear into thin air. The younger woman turns investigator and finds herself drawn into a complex web of mystery and high adventure. Also starring Michael Redgrave, The Lady Vanishes remains one of the great filmmaker's purest delights.

97 minutes
Black & White
Monaural
1:33:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 1998
Director/Writers


Alfred Hitchcock was 39 when he directed The Lady Vanishes.
Screenplay by Sydney Gilliat and Frank Launder.
Based on the novel The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White.

The Film


The Extras

The Booklet

Four-page leaflet with an essay by Michael Wilmington.

Commentary

By film historian Bruce Eder.

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