The Lady Vanishes (1938) Alfred Hitchcock Thriller Michael Redgrave Full Movie

The Lady Vanishes is a 1938 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and adapted by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder from the 1936 novel The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White. It stars Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas and Dame May Whitty, and features Cecil Parker, Linden Travers, Naunton Wayne, Basil Radford, Mary Clare, Googie Withers, Catherine Lacey and Sally Stewart.

The Lady Vanishes is Hitchcock's penultimate film made in the UK before his move to Hollywood--1939's Jamaica Inn followed it. It was the great success of The Lady Vanishes, after a slump of three films that were not hits, that made it possible for Hitchcock to negotiate a very good deal to work in the States.[5] A remake, also titled The Lady Vanishes, was made in 1979.

The plot of Hitchcock's film differs considerably from White's novel. In The Wheel Spins, Miss Froy really is an innocent old lady looking forward to seeing her octogenarian parents; she is abducted because she knows something (without realising its significance) that would cause trouble for the local authorities if it came out. Iris' mental confusion is due to sunstroke, not a blow to the head. In White's novel, the wheel keeps spinning: the train never stops, and there is no final shootout. Additionally, the supporting cast of English people differs somewhat between the novel and the film; for instance, in the novel, the Gilbert character is Max Hare, a young English engineer (described as "untidy and with a rebellious tuft of hair", and in a similarly chirpy vein to Gilbert) building a dam in the hills who knows the local language, and there is also a modern-languages professor character who acts as Iris's and Max's interpreter who does not appear in the film. The characters Charters and Caldicott were created for the film, and do not appear in the novel. White's novel was adapted for BBC Radio by Neville Teller and directed by Andy Jordan, first broadcast on BBC World Service and later on BBC Radio 4 Extra. The cast included Jenny Funnell as Iris, Renée Asherson as Miss Froy, Mark Paten as Max, Mark Tandy as Professor Wilberforce, Richard Durden as Dr. Traunitz, Michael Roberts as Baron Hoffmeyer, Jonathan Keeble as Prince Frederick, Karen Lewis as Ms. Barnes, Shirley Dickson as The Baroness, Geraldine Fitzgerald as Evelyn Flood-Porter, Jan Shand as Rose Flood-Porter and Geoffrey Beevers as Ian Bretherton.

Margaret Lockwood as Iris Henderson




Michael Redgrave as Gilbert
Paul Lukas as Dr Hartz
May Whitty as Miss Froy
Cecil Parker as Mr Todhunter
Linden Travers as Mrs Todhunter
Naunton Wayne as Caldicott
Basil Radford as Charters
Mary Clare as Baroness
Emile Boreo as Hotel Manager
Googie Withers as Blanche
Sally Stewart as Julie
Philip Leaver as Signor Doppo
Selma Vaz Dias as Signora Doppo
Catherine Lacey as The Nun
Josephine Wilson as Madame Kummer
Charles Oliver as The Officer
Kathleen Tremaine as Anna

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[jozsefkacsa]

Awesome flick so much better then the 1979 version with Cybill Shepherd that is the magic of Alfie!!RIP Alfired1

[drumandbassaddict]

thanks for this great upload!