Missing (1982)

Name: Missing
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1982-02-12
Duration: 123 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, John Shea, Charles Cioffi

Ed Horman thought that being an American would guarantee his safety. His family believed that being Americans would guarantee them the truth. They were all wrong.

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Based on the real-life experiences of Ed Horman. A conservative American businessman travels to Chile to investigate the sudden disappearance of his son after a military takeover. Accompanied by his son's wife he uncovers a trail of cover-ups that implicate the US State department which supports the dictatorship.

Release Date: February 12, 1982
Runtime: 2h 3m
Rating: 7.2/10 (426 votes)

Director: Costa-Gavras

Cast: Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, John Shea, Charles Cioffi, David Clennon, Richard Venture, Jerry Hardin

Production: Universal Pictures, Polygram Pictures, Edward Lewis Productions

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IMDb

Budget: $10M
Revenue: $14M

Full Cast (49 people)

Jack Lemmon as Ed Horman
Sissy Spacek as Beth Horman
Melanie Mayron as Terry Simon
John Shea as Charles Horman
Charles Cioffi as Captain Ray Tower
David Clennon as Consul Phil Putnam
Richard Venture as U.S. Ambassador
Jerry Hardin as Colonel Sean Patrick
Richard Bradford as Andrew Babcock
Joe Regalbuto as Frank Teruggi
Keith Szarabajka as David Holloway
John Doolittle as David McGeary
Janice Rule as Kate Newman
Ward Costello as Congressman
Hansford Rowe as Senator
Tina Romero as Maria
Richard Whiting as Statesman
Martin LaSalle as Paris
Terence Nelson as Colonel Clay
Robert Hitt as Peter Chernin
Félix González as Rojas
María Eugenia Ríos as Mrs. Duran
Jorge Russek as Espinoza
Edna Necoechea as Pia
Alan Penwrith as Samuel Cross
Alex Camacho as Silvio
Manuel Ávila Camacho as Doctor (Mental Hospital)
Kimberley Farr as Young Woman (Ford Foundation)
Elizabeth Cross as Ann
Piero Cross as Hotel Manager

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Reviews

CinemaSerf - 7/10

This is quite an intense political thriller from Oscar winning Costa-Gavras that sees "Ed Horman" (Jack Lemmon) and his daughter-in-law "Beth" (Sissy Spacek) travel to Chile to try to find his writer son who has become caught up in the coup that has deposed President Allende. It is soon clear that the inherently patriotic Horman couple are not getting the support they would have expected from thei...

June 8, 2023

Missing

Ed Horman thought that being an American would guarantee his safety. His family believed that being Americans would guarantee them the truth. They were all wrong.

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

Missing

Ed Horman thought that being an American would guarantee his safety. His family believed that being Americans would guarantee them the truth. They were all wrong.

123 min

Ed Horman thought that being an American would guarantee his safety. His family believed that being Americans would guarantee them the truth. They were all wrong.

7.2

123 min

1982