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The Body Vanished (1939)

Genre : Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Runtime : 46M

Director : Walter Tennyson
Writer : Ian Walker

Synopsis

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.

Actors

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

Crews

Ian Walker
Ian Walker
Screenplay
Walter Tennyson
Walter Tennyson
Director
Etta Simpson
Etta Simpson
Editor
Desmond Dickinson
Desmond Dickinson
Cinematography

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