The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
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. Based on a 1938 Philip MacDonald novel, it was produced by Warner Brothers–First National Productions. The 1956 American 20th Century-Fox film 23 Paces to Baker Street is based on the same novel.
Plot
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.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 ''''