Bunny Lake Is Missing
Bunny Lake Is Missing is a 1965 British psychological thriller film starring Laurence Olivier and directed and produced by Otto Preminger, who filmed it in black and white widescreen format in London. It was based on the novel of the same name by Merriam Modell. The score is by Paul Glass and the opening theme is often heard as a refrain. The Zombies also appear in a television broadcast.
American single mother Ann Lake Carol Lynley, who recently moved to London from New York, arrives at the Little Peoples Garden preschool to collect her daughter, Bunny. The child has mysteriously disappeared. An administrator recalls meeting with Ann but claims never to have seen the missing child. Ann and her brother Stephen Keir Dullea search the school and find a sinister woman living upstairs, who claims she collects childrens nightmares. In desperation, the Lakes call the police and Superintendent Newhouse Laurence Olivier arrives on the scene.They find that all of Bunnys possessions have been removed from the Lakes home. Ann cannot understand why anyone would do this and reacts emotionally. Superintendent Newhouse begins to suspect that Bunny Lake does not exist after he learns that Bunny was the name of Anns imaginary childhood friend. Anns landlord Nol Coward, an aging actor, attempts to seduce her. Newhouse decides to become better acquainted with Ann in order to learn more about Bunny. He takes her to a local bar where he plies her with brandy. ........
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