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.^[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]

The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
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	March 1939 (1939-03) (UK)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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.^[5]

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 (uncredited)