The Lady Vanishes 45 years old

All aboard the train of mysterious events!

The Lady Vanishes

Remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1938 classic. On the eve of the Second World War, a train carrying an assortment of passengers, pulls out of a small town in Bavaria. When one of the passengers, a kindly old lady, mysteriously disappears the other passengers are led into confrontation with the Nazis and a desperate race for freedom.

Credits

The Lady Vanishes Cast

Name Character
Rosalind Knight She was 46, now 90 years old as Evelyn Barnes
Angela Lansbury She was 54, now 99 years old as Miss Froy
Cybill Shepherd She was 30, now 74 years old as Amanda Kelly
Elliott Gould He was 41, now 86 years old as Robert Condon
Wolf Kahler He was 39, now 84 years old as Helmut
Herbert Lom He was 62, 95 years old when he died as Dr. Egon Hartz
Vladek Sheybal He was 56, 69 years old when he died as Trainmaster
William Hootkins He was 31, 57 years old when he died as Party Guest
Ian Carmichael He was 59, 89 years old when he died as Caldicott
Jenny Runacre She was 33, now 78 years old as Mrs. Todhunter
Barbara Markham as Frau Kummer
Arthur Lowe He was 64, 66 years old when he died as Jeremy Charters
Madlena Nedeva as Nun
Jean Anderson She was 72, 93 years old when she died as Baroness
Gerald Harper He was 51, now 95 years old as Todhunter
Gary McDermott He was 33, now 78 years old as Baroness' Servant
Jeremy Bulloch He was 35, now 79 years old as Party Guest
Madge Ryan She was 61, 75 years old when she died as Rose Flood Porter

The Lady Vanishes Crew

Name Department
Irene Lamb as Casting. Production
George Axelrod as Screenplay. He was 57 (81) years old when He died Writing
Wilfred Shingleton as Production Design. He was 66 (68) years old when He died Art
Ethel Lina White as Novel. She was 104 (68) years old when She died Writing
Russell Lloyd as Editor. He was 64 (92) years old when He died Editing
Anthony Page as Director. He was 44 (now 89) years old Directing
Richard Hartley as Original Music Composer. He was 35 (now 80) years old Sound
Arlene Sellers as Executive Producer. Production
Alex Winitsky as Executive Producer. He was 55 (94) years old when He died Production
Douglas Slocombe as Director of Photography. He was 67 (102) years old when He died Camera
Emma Porteous as Costume Design. She was 43 (now 88) years old Costume & Make-Up
Michael Carreras as Executive Producer. He was 52 (66) years old when He died Production
Tom Sachs as Producer. He was 12 (now 58) years old Production
Allan Foenander as Casting. Production
The Lady Vanishes poster
The Lady Vanishes (45 years)

All aboard the train of mysterious events!

  • Release day: Monday, April 30, 1979
  • Runtime: 97 minutes