The Patient Vanishes (1941)

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Country: UK
Genres: Mystery
Release: 1941-07-21
Director: Lawrence Huntington
Writers: John Argyle , Edward Dryhurst , David Hume
Language: English
Stars: James Mason , Mary Clare , Margaret Vyner , Gordon McLeod , Frederick Valk , Barbara Everest , Barbara James , G.H. Mulcaster , Eric Clavering , Terry Conlin
Runtime: 73 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Rapt de femmes (France, French Republic) , Extorsión (Mexico) , Salvem a Minha Filha (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Cardby kuoleman talossa (Finland) , Il ricattatore (Italy) , The Patient Vanishes , This Man Is Dangerous (United Kingdom) , The Patient Vanishes (United Kingdom) , Fasornas hus (Sweden) , Extorsão (Brazil) , Cardby på sporet (Denmark) , Death Cell (United States of America)
Plot: James Mason as a private detective, whose father is a Scotland Yard man, takes a case involving extortion and kidnapping. A young girl is kidnapped from a nursing home and he advises the girl's father not to pay the ransom. After several near-misses on his life, he learns that the doctor in charge of the nursing home has been taken prisoner by the kidnappers. And then the wicket gets stiff or stuffy, or whatever wickets do.
IMDB:tt0034007