---
title: 'The Lady Vanishes (1979)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Anthony Page'
released: '1979-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 98
genres:
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Australia'
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-lady-vanishes-1979'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079428/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Lady Vanishes (1979)

1979 · 98 min · Crime, Mystery, Thriller · Australia, United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Lady Vanishes is a 1979 British mystery comedy film directed by Anthony Page and written by George Axelrod, based on the screenplay of 1938's The Lady Vanishes by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder, in turn based on Ethel Lina White's 1936 novel The Wheel Spins. The film stars Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd, Angela Lansbury, Herbert Lom, Arthur Lowe and Ian Carmichael.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Anthony Page](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-page)
- **Screenplay:** [Ethel Lina White](https://cinepixo.com/people/ethel-lina-white), [George Axelrod](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-axelrod), [Sidney Gilliat](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-gilliat), [Frank Launder](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-launder)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Richard Hartley](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-hartley)
- **Producer:** [Michael Carreras](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-carreras)
- **Director of Photography:** [Douglas Slocombe](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-slocombe)
- **Editor:** [Russell Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-lloyd)

## Cast

- [Cybill Shepherd](https://cinepixo.com/people/cybill-shepherd)
- [William Hootkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-hootkins)
- [Jean Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-anderson)
- [Jeremy Bulloch](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeremy-bulloch)
- [Claus Fuchs](https://cinepixo.com/people/claus-fuchs)
- [Arthur Lowe](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-lowe)
- [Jenny Runacre](https://cinepixo.com/people/jenny-runacre)
- [Angela Lansbury](https://cinepixo.com/people/angela-lansbury)
- [Andrew Courage](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-courage)
- [Gerald Harper](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerald-harper)
- [Herbert Lom](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-lom)
- [Elliott Gould](https://cinepixo.com/people/elliott-gould)

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