The Body Vanished Explained

The Body Vanished
Cinematography:	Desmond Dickinson
Editing:	Etta Simpson
Studio:	Venture Films
Distributor:	New Realm Pictures
Runtime:	46 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English

The Body Vanished (first shown as The Body Vanishes) is a 1939 British crime comedy film directed by Walter Tennyson and starring Anthony Hulme, C. Denier Warren, and Ernest Sefton. It was made at Isleworth Studios as a quota quickie.^[1]

Cast

• Anthony Hulme as Rodney Paine
• C. Denier Warren as Pip Piper
• Ernest Sefton as Sgt. Hopkins
• Evelyn Foster as Miss Casson
• Frank Atkinson as Hobbleberry
• Wilfred Noy as Snelling
• Hamilton Keene as Capt. Haller
• Cyril Chamberlain as Auctioneer
• Frederick Keen as Mr. Williams
• Charles Paton as Mr. Briggs
• Fred Withers as George Billings

References

1. Wood p.100

Bibliography

• Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.