The Nursemaid Who Disappeared

The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
Directed byArthur B. Woods
Screenplay byConnery Chappell
Paul Gangelin
Based onnovel The Nursemaid Who Disappeared by Philip Macdonald[1]
Produced byJerome Jackson (executive producer)
StarringArthur Margetson
Peter Coke
Lesley Brook
CinematographyBasil Emmott
Edited byLeslie Norman (uncredited)
Production
company
Warner Brothers-First National Productions
Distributed byWarner Bros. (UK)
Release date
  • March 1939 (1939-03) (UK)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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]

Plot

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]

Cast

References

  1. ^ Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "The Nursemaid Who Disappeared (1939)" – via www.imdb.com.
  3. ^ "The Nursemaid Who Disappeared (1938)". Archived from the original on 29 July 2016.
  4. ^ "23 Paces to Baker Street (1956)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films.
  5. ^ "The Nursemaid Who Disappeared (1939) – Arthur B. Woods – Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related – AllMovie". AllMovie.