Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of unconsciousness and wakes to find the old woman has disappeared. The other passengers ominously deny Miss Froy ever existed, so Iris begins to investigate with another traveler and, as the pair sleuth, romantic sparks fly.
- espionage
- secret agent
- flowerpot
- concussion
- search for witnesses
- conspiracy
- black and white
- train
- british spy
- old lady
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Margaret Lockwood
Iris Matilda Henderson
Michael Redgrave
Gilbert Redman
Paul Lukas
Dr. Hartz
May Whitty
Miss Froy
- Basil Radford — Charters
- Naunton Wayne — Caldicott
- Cecil Parker — Eric Todhunter
- Linden Travers — 'Mrs.' Margaret Todhunter
- Mary Clare — Baroness Isabel Nisatona
- Emile Boreo — Boris the Hotel Manager
- Googie Withers — Blanche
- Sally Stewart — Julie
- Philip Leaver — Signor Doppo
- Selma Vaz Dias — Signora Doppo
- Catherine Lacey — The Nun
- Directed
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Written
- Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder
Production
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 · 1,038 ratings
- Studio
- Gainsborough Pictures
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