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The Lady Vanishes (2013)

The Lady Vanishes poster
Directed by
Diarmuid Lawrence
Genre
crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 50 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman on a train realizes an elderly fellow passenger has vanished. No one else believes her, so she must find allies among the other travelers to uncover the truth.

mysterioussuspensefulpuzzlingwhimsicallightheartedfast-pacedintriguingplayful

What happens

The Lady Vanishes is a 2013 British television mystery thriller film directed by Diarmuid Lawrence, and a co-production of the BBC and Masterpiece Films. It is based on the 1936 novel The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White. It stars Selina Cadell in the role of the disappearing Miss Froy, Tuppence Middleton as the young Iris Carr (who discovers the disappearance but is not taken seriously), Tom Hughes and Alex Jennings as Max Hare and the Professor, the two fellow English passengers who come to her aid. It was watched by 7.44 million when it was broadcast on Sunday 17 March 2013 on BBC One. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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