# The Lady Vanishes (1938)

> A socially dismissed traveler and an irritating musicologist turn a cross-border train ride into a brisk, comic hunt for a vanished governess and the conspiracy behind her disappearance.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/782

## Facts

- Runtime: 96 min
- Genres: Mystery, Thriller
- Director: Alfred Hitchcock
- Cast: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, May Whitty, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Cecil Parker, Linden Travers
- TMDB rating: 7.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030341/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: witty, suspenseful, playful, classic movie night, mystery marathon

## Synopsis

A mysterious disappearance on a train leads to a thrilling quest for truth and justice.

## Movies like The Lady Vanishes

- [Murder She Said (1961)](https://ember.film/movie/595)
- [The Narrow Margin (1952)](https://ember.film/movie/19884)
- [Terror by Night (1946)](https://ember.film/movie/12304)
- [Stage Fright (1950)](https://ember.film/movie/1340)
- [Foreign Correspondent (1940)](https://ember.film/movie/15238)
- [Murder Ahoy (1964)](https://ember.film/movie/603)
- [Murder at the Gallop (1963)](https://ember.film/movie/596)
- [Night Train to Munich (1940)](https://ember.film/movie/26673)
- [Murder Most Foul (1964)](https://ember.film/movie/602)
- [Silver Streak (1976)](https://ember.film/movie/6525)

---

Site overview: https://ember.film/llms.txt