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THE LADY VANISHES

12:30

Sunday, March 8

Director Alfred Hitchcock
Cast Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Dame May Whitty
Screenplay Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder
Based on The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White
Cinematography Jack E. Cox
1938 | UK | 35mm | Approx. 97 min. | In English

“Lady? What Lady?” mutter the bewildered passengers of a trans-continental train after Dame May Whitty disappears during Margaret Lockwood’s trip back from a Balkans vacation – but at least fellow passenger Michael Redgrave believes her. Alma Reville was script supervisor.

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