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The Lady Vanishes

Mystery. Thriller. Comedy While traveling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train.
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Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
"Trains are perfect settings for murder mysteries and thrillers. The best of them is Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes" POS
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The New Yorker
The New Yorker
"It is directed with such skill and velocity that it has come to represent the quintessence of screen suspense." POS
United StatesUnited States San Francisco Chronicle "The picture could easily have slipped into pure melodrama, but the blend of comedy, sophistication and political intrigue, as well as excellent character development, puts it in a class by itself." POS
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The New York Times
The New York Times
"If it were not so brilliant a melodrama, we should class it as a brilliant comedy."  POS
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Time Out
Time Out
"Funny, creepy (in a way already peculiar to Hitchcock) and always entertaining, both in the moment and in the realisation that you’re enjoying a particularly witty and playful script"  POS
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Variety
Variety
"The story [from The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White] is sometimes eerie and eventually melodramatic, but it’s all so well done as to make for intense interest" POS
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BBC
BBC
"A crisply satisfying tale of espionage from cinema's master of suspense."  POS
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Empire
Empire
"Enduringly enjoyable Hitchcock classic"  POS
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