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The Nursemaid Who Disappeared

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Director
  
Arthur B. Woods

Genre
  
Crime Fiction

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Initial release
  
March 1939

Running time
  
1h 26m

Writer
  
Connery Chappell, Paul Gangelin, Philip MacDonald (novel)

Cast
  
Peter Coke
,
Arthur Margetson
,
Edward Chapman
,
Coral Browne
,
Lesley Brook

Similar movies
  
Busmans Honeymoon (1940), Drake of England (1935), Q Planes (1939)

The Nursemaid Who Disappeared is a 1939 British, black-and-white, crime film, directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Ronald Shiner as Detective Smith (uncredited), Ian Fleming, Arthur Margetson, Peter Coke and Edward Chapman. Based on a Philip Macdonald novel, it was produced by Warner Brothers - First National Productions.

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Plot

In this thriller, a playwright overhears a gang of men plotting a kidnapping and enlists the assistance of a detective to investigate them. They soon find the ring is fronted by a bogus employment agency that sends "clients" to check out potential victims. Action ensues as they endeavor to stop them.

Cast

  • 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)

    • References

    The Nursemaid Who Disappeared Wikipedia
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    The Nursemaid Who Disappeared IMDb