Movie: The Body Vanished

Top 10 Billed Cast

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

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1939-10-27

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    6.6

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