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Bunny Lake Is Missing

Year:
Duration:
107 min
Genres:
Mystery | Thriller
IMDB rate:
7.3
Director:
Otto Preminger
Awards:
Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 1 nomination
Details
Country: UK
Release Date: 1965-10-03
Filming Locations: Cannon Hall - 14 Cannon Place, Off East Heath Road, Hampstead, London, England, UK
Cast
Actor
Character
Laurence Olivier
Superintendent Newhouse
Carol Lynley
Ann Lake
Keir Dullea
Steven Lake
Martita Hunt
Ada Ford
Anna Massey
Elvira
Clive Revill
Andrews
Finlay Currie
Doll Maker
Lucie Mannheim
Cook
The Zombies
Themselves
Noel Coward
Wilson
Adrienne Corri
Dorothy
Megs Jenkins
Sister
Delphi Lawrence
1st Mother
Jill Melford
Teacher
Suzanne Neve
2nd Mother
Damaris Hayman
Daphne
Jane Evers
Policewoman
Lisa Peake
Kika Markham
Nurse
Ann Lancaster
Grocer's Assistant
Suky Appleby
Felicia 'Bunny' Lake
Richard Wattis
Clerk in Shipping Office
David Oxley
Doctor
Victor Maddern
Taxi Driver
Percy Herbert
Policeman at Station
Fred Emney
Man in Soho
John Sharp
Finger Print Man
Geoffrey Frederick
Police Photographer
Norman Mitchell
Mover
Dan Jackson
Mover
Tim Brinton
Newscaster
Bill Maxim
Barman (as Bill Maxam)
Michael Wynne
Rogers
Patrick Jordan
Policeman
John Forbes-Robertson
Hospital Attendant
Rod Argent
Himself (as The Zombies)
Paul Atkinson
Himself (as The Zombies)
Colin Blunstone
Himself (as The Zombies)
Hugh Grundy
Himself (as The Zombies)
Chris White
Himself (as The Zombies)
Otto Preminger
On-screen Trailer Host and Narrator (uncredited)
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Trivia
Average Shot Length (ASL) = 21 seconds (very high by the standards of "popular" 1960s cinema).
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Columbia Pictures wanted Otto Preminger to cast Jane Fonda as Ann Lake, who was eager to play the role, but Preminger insisted upon using Carol Lynley.
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A remake was planned during the period of 2007-2009. Reese Witherspoon was attached to the project which was ultimately shelved.
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Goofs
(at around 48 mins) Bunny Lake is running with her mother in the garden. After a cut to the brother, the exact same shot is shown again (passing behind a bush and a white stake).
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The police are seen leading two dogs around the garden and letting them sniff and search but as the mother does not have anything belonging to the child for them to sniff, what scent are they following?
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Steven uses the fuel from the oil lamp to light the doll's hair on fire; but he should have burnt his hand when pulling off what should have been a very hot glass chimney from the top of the lamp.
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Quotes
Newhouse: Sleep well. Both of you. Now that you exist.
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Wilson: If we hadn't been away we'd have organised a small but vociferous reception committee.
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Newhouse: Ever heard him read poetry? It's like a Welsh parson gargling with molasses.
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Faq
Q
What is 'Bunny Lake is Missing' about?
A
Ann Lake (Carol Lynley), a single mother recently moved from Boston to London where her newspaper reporter brother Steven (Keir Dullea) lives, drops off her four-year old daughter Bunny for her first day at her new school, 'The Little People's Garden. When she returns to pick up Bunny, however, the school has no record of Bunny being registered or being there at all. Even the police can find no evidence that Bunny ever existed, and everyone begins to suspect that Bunny is a figment of Ann's imagination. Only Steven seems convinced that the school administrators know more than what they are telling.
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A Note Regarding Spoilers
A
The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.
Q
How closely does the movie follow the novel?
A
Those who have both read the book and seen the movie report that the two are almost entirely different stories. Yes, there is an Ann Lake (her name is Blanche in the book), and her daughter Bunny goes missing from day care, but that's where the similarities end. For starters, Blanche doesn't have a brother by any name. There is a young man who is infatuated with Blanche, and he becomes one of the prime suspects. There is a teacher who was dismissed from the day care center due to her inappropriate teaching practices; she also becomes suspect. Finally, Blanche lives with her mother, who highly disapproves of Blanche being an unwed mother and actually wants her to give Bunny away.
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Oliver Reed
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