Bunny Lake Is Missing

Name: Bunny Lake Is Missing
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Released: October 3, 1965
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 77
Cast: Anna Massey, Carol Lynley, Clive Revill, Finlay Currie, Keir Dullea

1965

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Columbia Pictures | Release Date: October 3, 1965 | Not Rated

Starring: Anna Massey, Carol Lynley, Clive Revill, Finlay Currie, Keir Dullea, Laurence Olivier, Lucie Mannheim, Martita Hunt, Noel Coward, The Zombies

Summary: A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.

Director: Otto Preminger

Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 107 min

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Mike Clark

Ahead of its time in its attitude toward unwed motherhood, director Otto Preminger's psychological drama has always gotten the same pro/con reaction that typifies Preminger's career. On the chilly side, it also has a great understated Olivier performance, an effective Paul Glass score and some of the era's best widescreen black-and-white photography. [28 Jan 2005, p.4D]

Gary Arnold

Remains one of the most estimable mystery movies of its period. [25 Mar 2005, p.D03]

Tasha Robinson

It walks a fascinating line between morbid humor and outright horror, and it consistently defies expectations by resetting them at every possible step. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

Working in crisp black-and-white, director Preminger, screenwriters John and Penelope Mortimer (adapting Evelyn Piper's novel) and cinematographer Denys Coop do an excellent job of externalizing Anna's heightened neuroses. [10 Feb 2005, p.M24]

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

A truly compelling psychological suspense story from Otto Preminger. Read full review

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What Preminger has achieved is an entertaining, fast-paced exercise in the exploration of a sick mind. Read full review

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A brief appearance by The Zombies places the time of the season quite neatly, though London doesn't so much swing as creak eerily. Read full review

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DawdlingPoet

Nov 24, 2021

This is quite a mysterious watch - it felt tense and I found myself feeling unsure what the ultimate truth may be and I certainly felt concerned for the mother. It was an intriguing watch with some interesting characters, the pervy landlord, an eccentric lady at the school and other strictThis is quite a mysterious watch - it felt tense and I found myself feeling unsure what the ultimate truth may be and I certainly felt concerned for the mother. It was an intriguing watch with some interesting characters, the pervy landlord, an eccentric lady at the school and other strict employees at the school. There are some scenes which do have a slightly sinister feel to them - not really scary as such (definitely not by todays standards) but certainly a little creepy, suggestive of something potentially untoward and this builds up and becomes moreso the case as the films plot continues.

This features some good performance and I would recommend it to others.… Expand

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