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The lady vanishes.

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A nice, tweedy old English woman disappears from her compartment on a European train. A young woman who wonders why becomes frantic when everyone tells her there never was such a person. A young man comes to her aid and they solve a criss-cross puzzle of espoinage, counter-espionage and attempted as...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: White, Ethel Lina (Author)
Corporate Authors: Gainsborough Studios (Producer), Gaumont British Picture Corp, Janus Films, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980 (Director), Gilliat, Sidney (Screenwriter), Launder, Frank (Screenwriter), Lockwood, Margaret (Performer), Lukas, Paul (Performer), Redgrave, Michael (Performer), Whitty, May, Dame, 1865-1948 (Performer), Parker, Cecil, 1897-1971 (Performer), Truffaut, François (Interviewer), Eder, Bruce (Commentator), Baxter, John, 1896-1975 (Director)
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: [New York] : Criterion Collection : [2011]
Edition:Blu-ray ed.
Series:Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ; 3.
Subjects:
Railroad trains > Europe, Eastern > Drama.
Transportation > Passenger traffic > Drama.
Disappeared persons > Drama.
Detective and mystery films.
Spy films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
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Summary:A nice, tweedy old English woman disappears from her compartment on a European train. A young woman who wonders why becomes frantic when everyone tells her there never was such a person. A young man comes to her aid and they solve a criss-cross puzzle of espoinage, counter-espionage and attempted assassination.
Item Description:Release date: Dec. 6, 2011.
Blu-ray release of mothion picture originally released in 1938.
"Based upon the novel The wheel spins by Eithel Lina White."
"Copyright by Gaumont British Corporation of America, 1938."
Booklet (19 pages ; ill.) with program notes and essays in English inserted in container.
Special features include audio commentary by film historian Bruce Eder; Crook's tour, a 1941 feature-length adventure film by John Baxter; excerpts from François Truffaut's 1966 audio interview with director Alfred Hitchcock, essays, and more.
Videorecording] / GB Pictures presents ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; screenplay, Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder ; a "Gainsborough" picture.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:Blu-ray; region A; aspect ratio: 1.33:1; monaural; requires Blu-ray player.
Production Credits:Cinematography, Jack Cox; editing, R.E. Dearing; musical director, Louis Levy.