The Lady Vanishes | |
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Genre | Drama |
Based on | The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White |
Screenplay by | Fiona Seres |
Directed by | Diarmuid Lawrence |
Starring | |
Theme music composer | John Lunn |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | Ann Tricklebank |
Cinematography | Peter Greenhalgh |
Editor | David Head |
Running time | 87 minutes |
Production company | BBC |
Original release | |
Network | BBC One |
Release | 17 March 2013 |
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The Lady Vanishes is a 2013 British television mystery thriller film directed by Diarmuid Lawrence, and a co-production of the BBC and Masterpiece Films.[1] It is based on the 1936 novel The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White.[2] It stars Selina Cadell in the role of the disappearing Miss Froy, Tuppence Middleton as the young Iris Carr (who discovers the disappearance but is not taken seriously), Tom Hughes and Alex Jennings as Max Hare and the Professor, the two fellow English passengers who come to her aid. It was watched by 7.44 million when it was broadcast on Sunday[3] 17 March 2013 on BBC One.