The Lady Vanishes

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The Lady Vanishes

PG

1979

1h 39m

Mystery & Thriller

Comedy

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6 Reviews

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In the years before World War II, zany heiress Amanda Kelly (Cybill Shepherd) travels by train to Switzerland. While passing through Germany, she meets a sweet elderly lady, Miss Froy (Angela Lansbury), who suddenly vanishes. Distraught, Amanda questions her fellow passengers who claim that the woman was never there. Unsure if it's all in her mind or if there's a more sinister plot afoot, Amanda teams up with photographer Robert Condon (Elliott Gould) to discover the truth.

Fernando Trueba

El Pais (Spain)

Some changes in the dialogue and logical modifications are the few innovations in this remake that is still pleasant to watch. [Full Review in Spanish]

Aug 7, 2019

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 1/5

Jun 15, 2005

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Daniel Eagan

Film Journal International

Hapless remake of the Hitchcock classic

Rated: 1/5

Jun 13, 2005

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Philip Martin

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Rated: 3/5

Jan 2, 2005

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Carol Cling

Las Vegas Review-Journal

Rated: 2/5

Aug 22, 2003

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Walter Chaw

Film Freak Central

Rated: 1/5

Jun 23, 2003

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One of Alfred Hitchcock's not-so-great remakes, this 1979 film provides a good cast and story. But this film takes all of Alfred Hitchcock's classic elements of the original and turns it into more of a comedy, rather than a comedy-thriller classic.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Cybill is very beautiful but completely miscast in this unnecessary remake of the Hitchcock classic. Gould joins her in being remarkably wrong for his role. Thank goodness Angela Lansbury is aboard to lend at least a few minutes of class to this plodding affair.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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alex k

My Favorite Comedy Film Is 1933's Duck Soup.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Someone should have stolen away with Cybill instead--The Charm Vanishes!!

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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(32%) The very last Hammer flick before its recent rebirth is a mildly entertaining Hitchcock remake that is as unremarkable as they come. The cast is good and nothing is terrible, but it is easy to see why this slipped through the net and nobody saw it back in the day.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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I'm one of the few people you'll meet who enjoyed this.Having never seen the original my opinion was not jaded, it has its problems, not least some overbearing exchanges from the leads but on the whole, good fun.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Synopsis

In the years before World War II, zany heiress Amanda Kelly (Cybill Shepherd) travels by train to Switzerland. While passing through Germany, she meets a sweet elderly lady, Miss Froy (Angela Lansbury), who suddenly vanishes. Distraught, Amanda questions her fellow passengers who claim that the woman was never there. Unsure if it's all in her mind or if there's a more sinister plot afoot, Amanda teams up with photographer Robert Condon (Elliott Gould) to discover the truth.

Director: Anthony Page
Screenwriter: George Axelrod
Production Co: Hammer Films, The Rank Organisation
Rating: PG
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 22, 2017
Runtime: 1h 39m

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