The Body Vanished

{{Short description|1939 British film by Walter Tennyson}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox film

| name = The Body Vanished

| image = The_Body_Vanished_film_Opening_titles_(1939).png

| caption = Opening titles

| director = Walter Tennyson

| producer =

| writer = Ian Walker

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Anthony Hulme|C. Denier Warren|Ernest Sefton}}

| music =

| cinematography = Desmond Dickinson

| editing = Etta Simpson

| studio = Venture Films

| distributor = New Realm Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1939}}

| runtime = 46 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

The Body Vanished (first shown as The Body Vanishes{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}) is a 1939 British second feature ('B'){{Cite book |last1=Chibnall |first1=Steve |title=The British 'B' Film |last2=McFarlane |first2=Brian |publisher=BFI/Bloomsbury |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-8445-7319-6 |location=London |pages=11}} crime comedy film directed by Walter Tennyson and starring Anthony Hulme, C. Denier Warren, and Ernest Sefton.{{Cite web |title=The Body Vanished |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150120536 |access-date=28 September 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}} It was written by Ian Walker and was made at Isleworth Studios as a quota quickie.{{Cite book |last=Wood |first=Linda |title=British Films, 1927–1939. |publisher=British Film Institute |year=1986}}