The Lady Vanishes is a movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1938 and based on the book The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White, first published in 1936. The movie features Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Dame May Whitty, Paul Lukas, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
But the book is worth reading.
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Storyline
English tourist Iris Henderson and her friends Blanche and Julie are in the fictional European country of Bandrika. In the same predicament are Charters and Caldicott, English cricket enthusiasts anxious to see the last days of the Test match in Manchester, and Miss Froy, a governess and music teacher who is returning home to England.
Movie vs Book
Year
1938
Minutes
96
Movie Rate
7.80
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Lady Vanishes
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Country: UK
Year: 1938
Length: 1h36m
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Year
1936
Pages
256
Book Rate
7.50
S: Goodreads
Book
The Wheel Spins
Author: Ethel Lina White
Country: UK
First published in: 1936
Length: 256 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“The book is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader. That’s why we go to movies and say, “Oh, the book is better.”
PAULO COELHO (Writer)
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