The Lady Vanishes
United Kingdom
1979
97 Min
Color
2.35:1
English
On an express train traveling through pre-World War II Germany, American heiress Amanda Kelly befriends a cute old nanny, Miss Froy. But when Miss Froy disappears, everyone Amanda questions denies having ever seen her. Eventually Amanda persuades American photographer Robert Condon to help her search the train, during which they discover that Miss Froy wasn’t quite what she seemed. —IMDb
How could one improve on the original version? Hardly at all, is the response, yet this rather handsome rehash has a certain stately statis about it enlivened by the Britsh supporting cast. Ultimately pointless, of course, despite all that.