The Lady Vanishes

Country: UK
Year: 1938
Running time: 96 mins
Language: English
Certificate: U
Format: Digital Cinema and 35mm
Sound: Mono (restored on D-Cinema prints)
Picture: Black & White (restored on D-Cinema prints)
Projected ratio: Academy (1.33:1)

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, Dame May Whitty

Synopsis:

Hitchcock’s masterful film about intrigue and espionage is filled with suspense and excitement.

During a journey aboard a Trans-Continental Express, a young woman strikes up an acquaintance with a middle-aged English governess. Later, the governess mysteriously disappears from her compartment. Seeking an explanation, the girl is accused of hallucinating to the extent that she begins to doubt her own state of mind. But as further enquiries are made among the passengers, the curious behaviour of a group of foreign government agents is revealed.

Press quotes:

‘Accept no substitutes for this blissful original ‘
Christopher Tookey, Daily Mail

‘ A pleasure’
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

‘They really don’t make them like this any more’
Jason Solomons, The Mail on Sunday

‘Go see now’‘
Richard Bacon, The People

‘Very much of its time (in a good way), and very enjoyable’
Dave Calhoun, Time Out

‘With great characters and divine comedy, the picture tears along like a runaway express’
Alison Rowat, The Herald

9/10 ‘Still provides plenty of thrills and excitement’
Alan Frank, Daily Star

‘Endearingly entertaining’
Alan Morrison, Empire

‘No wonder Hollywood soon found it necessary to transport Hitchcock to LA’
Derek Malcolm, Evening Standard

‘70 years on, still great!’
Anwar Brett, Film Review

‘Absolutely ripping early Hitchcock’
Metro

‘Hugely enjoyable’
Wendy Ide, The Times

‘Timeless suspense’
TNT magazine

‘An absolute joy’
Paul Dale, The List

‘Hasn’t dated one iota’
Chris Sullivan, The Big Issue

‘Nothing could make me happier (and you too, I hope) than seeing Hitchcock’s 1938 The Lady Vanishes back on the big screen’
Philip French, Observer