The Nursemaid Who Disappeared is a 1939 British crime film directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Ronald Shiner, Ian Fleming, Arthur Margetson, Peter Coke and Edward Chapman.^[2] Based on a 1938 Philip MacDonald novel, it was produced by Warner Brothers–First National Productions.^[3] The 1956 American 20th Century-Fox film 23 Paces to Baker Street is based on the same novel.^[4]

A playwright overhears a gang of men plotting a kidnapping and enlists the assistance of a detective to investigate them. They soon find that the ring is fronted by a bogus employment agency that sends "clients" to scope potential victims.^[5]

• Arthur Margetson as Det. Antony Gethryn
• Peter Coke as Tom Sheldon
• Lesley Brook as Avis Bellingham
• Edward Chapman as Jenks
• Coral Browne as Mabel Barnes
• Joyce Kennedy as Lucia Gethryn
• Dorice Fordred as Janet Murch
• Martita Hunt as Lady Ballister
• Marion Gerth as Ada Brent
• Ian McLean as Inspector Pike
• Ian Fleming as Sir Egbert Lucas
• Eliot Makeham as Mr. Hines
• Ronald Shiner as Detective Smith (uncredited)

• The Nursemaid Who Disappeared at AllMovie
• The Nursemaid Who Disappeared at the British Film Institute^{[better source needed]}
• The Nursemaid Who Disappeared at IMDb

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