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Plot
American single mother Ann Lake (Carol Lynley), who recently moved to London from New York, arrives at the Little People's 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 Steven (Keir Dullea) search the school and find a sinister woman living upstairs, who claims she collects children's nightmares. In desperation, the Lakes call the police and Superintendent Newhouse (Laurence Olivier) arrives on the scene. Everyone become a suspect and Superintendent Newhouse is steadfast, diligently following every lead. The police and Newhouse decide to visit the Lakes new residence.
They find that all of Bunny's 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 Ann's imaginary childhood friend. Ann's landlord (Noël 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.
On her return home, Ann discovers she still has the claim ticket for Bunny's doll, which was taken to a doll hospital for repairs. Regarding the doll as proof of Bunny's existence, she frantically rushes to the doll hospital late at night and retrieves the doll. Steven arrives later and when Ann shows him the doll, Steven knocks out Ann and burns the doll, trying to destroy it. He takes Ann to a hospital and tells the desk nurse that Ann has been hallucinating about a missing girl who does not exist. Ann is sedated and put under observation.
Later, Ann wakes and escapes from the hospital. She discovers Steven burying Bunny's possessions; he has bound and sedated the child and hidden her in the boot (trunk) of his car. Steven implies an incestuous interest/relationship with his sister and complains that Bunny has always come between them; because he believes Ann loves Bunny more than him, the child threatens Steven's dream of a future with Ann. Realizing that her brother is mad, Ann plays childhood games with him to distract him.Newhouse, having discovered that Steven had lied to the police about the ship that brought the Lakes to England, arrives in time to rescue Ann and Bunny, and apprehend Steven.
from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_Lake_Is_Missing

Cast
Laurence Olivier as Superintendent Newhouse ローレンス・オリヴィエ
Carol Lynley as Ann Lake キャロル・リンレイ
Keir Dullea as Steven Lake キア・デュリア
Martita Hunt as Ada Ford マーティタ・ハント
Anna Massey as Elvira Smollett アンナ・マッシー
Clive Massey as Sergeant Andrews クライヴ・レヴィル

1965年のイギリス映画「バニー・レークは行方不明」です。監督は「或る殺人」のオットー・プレミンジャー。ローレンス・オリヴィエ、キャロル・リンレーらが出演。

スリラー系のサスペンス映画といったところでしょう。アルフレッド・ヒッチコック監督の「バルカン超特急」に似た感じです。いるはずの人がいない、ほかの人はその人の存在を否定する、自分だけがそのいなくなった人の存在を認識している。
「バルカン超特急」と違うのは、いなくなる人が最初には登場しないというところですかね。「バルカン超特急」の方は行方不明になる老婦人が初めに確認できますが、この映画は行方不明になるバニーが初めには登場せず、実在するかどうかわからないまま話が進められます。
観客が本当はバニーなんて実在しないんじゃないかと不安になるように作られているわけです。

最終的にはバニーは存在するということなんですが、詳しくエンディングを書くのはネタバレになるのでやめます。

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