Résumé: Alfred Hitchcock had hit his early, near-flawless stride by the time of "The Lady Vanishes", the 1938 classic that seems as bright and funny now as the day it was released. After the deliciously comic opening reels at a mittel-European hotel where a train has been snowed in, the plot kicks into gear: a very nice old lady (Dame May Whitty) suddenly disappears in mid-train ride. Worse, the young woman (Margaret Lockwood) who'd befriended her can't find anybody to confirm that the lady ever actually existed. Luckily, suave gadabout Michael Redgrave is at the ready—to say nothing of two English cricket fans, brought to memorable life by Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne. The film bops along briskly, borne along on the charm of the players and the witty script by expert craftsman Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat (who also did the delightful "Green for Danger" and the "St. Trinian's" films), to say nothing of Hitchcock's healthy sense of humor about the whole thing—indeed, it may be the most "British" of his films."—Robert Horton"
The Lady Vanishes
(1938)
United-Kingdom
