The Nursemaid Who Disappeared | |
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Directed by | Arthur B. Woods |
Screenplay by | Connery Chappell Paul Gangelin |
Based on | novel The Nursemaid Who Disappeared by Philip Macdonald [1] |
Produced by | Jerome Jackson (executive producer) |
Starring |
Arthur Margetson Peter Coke Lesley Brook |
Cinematography | Basil Emmott |
Edited by | Leslie Norman (uncredited) |
Production company |
Warner Brothers-First National Productions |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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]