The Nursemaid Who Disappeared

The Nursemaid Who Disappeared is a 1939 British crime film directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Ronald Shiner, Ian Fleming, Arthur Margetson, Peter Coke and Edward Chapman. Based on a 1938 Philip MacDonald novel, it was produced by Warner Brothers–First National Productions. The 1956 American 20th Century-Fox film 23 Paces to Baker Street is based on the same novel.

Plot
A playwright overhears a gang of men plotting a kidnapping and enlists the assistance of a detective to investigate them. They soon find that the ring is fronted by a bogus employment agency that sends "clients" to scope potential victims.

Cast

 * Arthur Margetson as Det. Antony Gethryn
 * Peter Coke as Tom Sheldon
 * Lesley Brook as Avis Bellingham
 * Edward Chapman as Jenks
 * Coral Browne as Mabel Barnes
 * Joyce Kennedy as Lucia Gethryn
 * Dorice Fordred as Janet Murch
 * Martita Hunt as Lady Ballister
 * Marion Gerth as Ada Brent
 * Ian McLean as Inspector Pike
 * Ian Fleming as Sir Egbert Lucas
 * Eliot Makeham as Mr. Hines
 * Ronald Shiner as Detective Smith (uncredited)