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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]
The Body Vanished | |
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Directed by | Walter Tennyson |
Written by | Ian Walker |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Desmond Dickinson |
Edited by | Etta Simpson |
Production company | Venture Films |
Distributed by | New Realm Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 46 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Cast
edit- 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
edit- ^ Wood p.100
Bibliography
edit- 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.
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