The Lady Vanishes 1938  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Dame May Whitty, Paul Lukas, Cecil Parker, Linden Travers, Mary Clare, Basil Radford, Googie Withers, Naunton Wayne
This is one of Alfred Hitchcock's greatest films. It has it all–comedy and suspense aboard a train traveling through Germany. And, as suggested by the title, an old woman disappears. The search for this "lady" reveals that she is not who she appears to be.
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No Orchids for Miss Blandish 1948  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: St. John Legh Clowes
Cast: Jack La Rue, Linden Travers, Walter Crisham, Leslie Bradley, Hugh McDermott, Zoe Gail, Charles Goldner, MacDonald Parke, Percy Marmont, Lily Molnar
James Hadley Chase's bestseller comes to the screen with this movie, which was panned nearly as much as his book due to the sadistic, violent nature of the story. For the 1940s, there is an extreme amount of violence as an heiress is captured for ransom and ends up in the grips of a degenerate family. Remade in 1971 as "The Grissom Gang."
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The Terror 1938 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: Richard Bird
Cast: Wilfrid Lawson, Bernard Lee, Arthur Wontner, Linden Travers, Henry Oscar, Alastair Sim, Iris Hoey, Lesley Wareing, Stanley Lathbury, John Turnbull, Richard Murdoch, Edward Lexy, Irene Handl, Kathleen Harrison, Jack Lambert
Edgar Wallace's play is again brought to the screen (previously filmed in 1928). A mysterious killer known as "The Terror" has been keeping Scotland Yard busy for ten years, and the search leads to Col. Redmayne's (Arthur Wontner) old mansion and several suspects. Ghosts, stormy nights, and murder lie ahead.
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| 1. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
2. No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948)
3. The Terror (1938)
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