The Body Vanished

1939 British film
  • Anthony Hulme
  • C. Denier Warren
  • Ernest Sefton
CinematographyDesmond DickinsonEdited byEtta Simpson
Production
company
Venture Films
Distributed byNew Realm Pictures
Release date
  • 1939 (1939)
Running time
46 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

The Body Vanished (first shown as The Body Vanishes) is a 1939 British crime comedy film directed by Walter Tennyson and starring Anthony Hulme, C. Denier Warren, and Ernest Sefton. It was made at Isleworth Studios as a quota quickie.[1]

Cast

  • Anthony Hulme as Rodney Paine
  • C. Denier Warren as Pip Piper
  • Ernest Sefton as Sgt. Hopkins
  • Evelyn Foster as Miss Casson
  • Frank Atkinson as Hobbleberry
  • Wilfred Noy as Snelling
  • Hamilton Keene as Capt. Haller
  • Cyril Chamberlain as Auctioneer
  • Frederick Keen as Mr. Williams
  • Charles Paton as Mr. Briggs
  • Fred Withers as George Billings

References

  1. ^ Wood p.100

Bibliography

  • Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

  • The Body Vanished at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata


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