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Actors: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, Dame May Whitty, Cecil Parker
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Lady Vanishes (1938) |
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Alfred Hitchcock directed THE LADY VANISHES in 1938 in England.
The passengers of a trans-european train are stopped for the night in a small village of central Europe because of bad weather condition. In the morning, Margaret Lockwood socializes with Dame May Whitty - Miss Froy - as the train leaves the village, heading to western Europe. Soon, Miss Froy disappears from the train and nobody, except Margaret Lockwood, seems to remember the old lady. With the help of Michael Redgrave, the young english woman tries to understand what's going on on this train.
Great Hitchcock. Basic stuff.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 70%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Spying & Terrorists
Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
- terrorist kidnappers
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- not employed but independently wealthy
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- medium/shoulderlgn, curly (woman)
Body type
- skinny (woman)
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a criminal organization
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Eastern European
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Eastern Europe
- England/UK
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
- moving train
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 ()
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- asphyxiation
- perforation--bullets
Check here if B&W
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Is this movie based on a
- book
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