The Lady Vanishes

(1979) Anthony Page’s remake of Hitchcock’s 1938 classic version throws Richard Condon and Amanda Kelly (Elliott Gould and Cybill Shepherd) together on a train travelling from pre-war Germany, finding themselves embroiled in a political conspiracy when the mysterious English nanny Miss Froy (Angela Lansbury) first enlists their help and then disappears. With Arthur Lowe and Ian Carmichael as Charters and Caldicott., Remake of Hitchcock’s classic about a nanny missing on a continental train. Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd, Angela Lansbury, Herbert Lom. Charters: Arthur Lowe., Screenwriter George Axelrod turns Alfred Hitchcock’s classic comedy-thriller into a capering screwball comedy showcase for Cybill Shepherd and Elliot Gould in this style-less remake of The Lady Vanishes. On an express train traveling through pre-World War II Germany, Amanda Kelly (Cybill Shepherd) befriends a cute old nanny, Miss Froy (Angela Lansbury). But when Miss Froy disappears and the rest of the passengers profess no knowledge of the old woman, Amanda and Robert Condon (Elliot Gould — the only person aboard who will believe her story about the missing woman — search the train trying to find out what happened to Miss Froy. In the meantime, they uncover an insidious German plot and fall in love., Remake of Hitchcock’s classic about a nanny missing on a continental train., Classic Hitchcock suspense drama in which a young couple investigate the mysterious disappearance of an elderly lady on a train from Switzerland to England. While the train staff insist that the woman never existed, the couple begin to suspect that everyone on the train is part of a conspiracy. Dir: Alfred Hitchcock. (black and white) (Mono), Anthony Page’s remake of Hitchcock’s 1938 classic version throws Richard Condon and Amanda Kelly together on a train travelling from pre-war Germany, finding themselves embroiled in a political conspiracy when mysterious English nanny Miss Froy enlists their help and then disappears. With Arthur Lowe and Ian Carmichael as Charters and Caldicott., Anthony Page’s re-make of Hitchcock’s 1938 classic version throws Richard Condon and Amanda Kelly together on a train travelling from pre-war Germany, finding themselves embroiled in a political conspiracy when the mysterious English nanny Miss Froy first enlists their help and then disappears. With Arthur Lowe and Ian Carmichael as Charters and Caldicott., A young, wealthy socialite meets a lady on a train, but when the lady mysteriously disappears, her fellow passengers deny she ever existed.