Otto Preminger directs Carol Lynley, Keir Dullea and Laurence Olivier in this thriller where a young mother drops her daughter off at a new school in London only for the child to disappear without a trace.

A creepy, unsettling thriller. You cannot tell what is going on but share Carol Lynley’s desperation and frustration throughout. London is turned into a murky Wonderland filled with dirty eccentrics and increasingly eerie locations. A all-consuming rainy Sunday afternoon mood.

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