The Lady Vanishes

[sandyRoe]

On BBC1 tonight at 8.30. I wonder will it be anywhere near as good as the 1939 film?

[Mrsspagnoli57]

Watching it-with subtitles as the dialogue is so hurried-and the lead ladies sun stroke is making me nauseous too!! Its ok-a bit complicated though.

[DJHawkes]

sorry but it was rubbish

[sandyRoe]

Nowhere near as good as the Hitchcock take on the story. But it was fair viewing considering whats been on the box recently.

[netibiza]

I thoroughly enjoyed it, and for the first time I understood it. The original film was all busy and noisy couldn't understand any of it.

[TheOtherHalf]

I enjoyed it too. Dont think I saw the film so cant compare it

[factor-fiction]

I got a late phone call and missed the last two minutes!

I only watched it to clarify in my mind the difference between this story (where there is some sort of conspiracy) and the Agatha Christie one on a train (Murder on Orient Express) where almost everyone was involved in the murder/cover up.

Surely one story was influenced by the other.

[furrypusscat]

I watched the 1979 version of the film yesterday afternoon on Film 4 which I enjoyed. I didn't watch the one last night apart from the odd glimpse so I cannot comment really. I may have watched it if it had been on different days a few weeks apart.

[mikey4444]

I enjoyed it immensely. It was the sort of thing that the BBC does so well...I just wish they would make more like this this, instead of these endless games shows.

[Robinia]

I enjoyed it too. If I've seen an older version I don't remember it, with my memory every repeat is the first time for me. :)

[ichkeria]

I didn't see this but I notice that the lead characters are called Tom and Tuppence, which are the names of two Agatha Christie characters. Is this a coincidence?
Also, were Charters and Caldicott in it?

[sandyRoe]

The cricket obsessed Charters + Caldicott didn't make an appearance. Two mature ladies, keen to get back to see a theatrical production, took their place in the plot.

[emmie]

it was a crock of poo, sorry if that offends some, and no it wasn't a patch on Hitchcock..

[Ellenb34]

I have watched this and although it sticks more closely to the book, which I am reading, it is not a patch on the Hitchcock film with Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave. That was much more exciting.

[emmie]

i thought it was dire, some of the acting was second rate at best. I am not even making comparisons with the film as i don't think that would be right, but put this is in the same category as the awful dancing on the edge, another turkey

[Khandro]

The photography was very good; some beautiful shots both inside and outside the train, - a real train-buffs delight, but having said that, the characterisation was poor, a bunch of irritating people, even the chief protagonist, the heroine, got me down. I saw it through, but wouldn't have made without a nice bottle of wine.