The Body Vanished (1939)
A Scotland Yard inspector and his reporter friend arrive on vacation in a small village and are immediately involved in what is claimed to be a murder but the body has disappeared, leaving it to the inspector to find the body, determine the motive and find the killer.
- Date of release
- 1939-10-27
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 46m
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Mystery
- Director
- Walter Tennyson
Casting
- Anthony Hulme — Rodney Paine
- C. Denier Warren — Pip Piper
- Ernest Sefton — Sgt. Hopkins
- Evelyn Foster — Miss Casson (as Eve Foster)
- Frank Atkinson — Hobbleberry
- Wilfred Noy — Cuthbert Snelling
- Hamilton Keene — Capt. Hallam
- Cyril Chamberlain — Auctioneer
- Frederick Keen — Mr. Williams
- Charles Paton — Mr. Briggs
- Fred Withers — George Billings
Interesting facts
The Body Vanished is a 1939 British second feature ('B') crime comedy film directed by Walter Tennyson and starring Anthony Hulme, C. Denier Warren, and Ernest Sefton. It was written by Ian Walker and was made at Isleworth Studios as a quota quickie.
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