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Missing Persons

Missing Persons

1990TV Movie⏱️ 1h 44m
Drama
6.5
IMDB Rating
143 votes

Hetty is approached by Frank Cross, husband of her old friend Edith, to locate his son from his first marriage, whom he hasn't seen in fifty years.

Director
Derek Bennett
Writers
N/A
Stars
Patricia Routledge, Tony Melody, Jimmy Jewel
Release Date
May 30, 1990
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
💬 9
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Patricia Routledge
Patricia Routledge
as Hetty Wainthropp
Tony Melody
Tony Melody
as Robert Wainthropp
Jimmy Jewel
Jimmy Jewel
as Frank Cross
Jean Heywood
Jean Heywood
as Edith Cross
Gary Waldhorn
Gary Waldhorn
as Bernard Shawcross
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Gary Halliday
as Geoffrey Shawcross
Ram John Holder
Ram John Holder
as Chalky White
Jean Kent
Jean Kent
as Phillida Meadowhite
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Janet Allen
as Mrs. Lilium
Andrew Paul
Andrew Paul
as Photographer

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Sound
Stereo
Color
Color
Production
Yorkshire Television (YTV)

🏷️ Keywords

african caribbeanbegins with a flashbackfemale police officerpoliceold friend

🎯 Categories

Drama

⭐ Featured Review

The Pre-Hetty Show
by drednm2018-08-18

"This TV movie starring Patricia Routledge was meant to be the pilot for a TV series. She stars as Hetty Wainthropp, a grandmother living in Halifax, UK, who accidentally turns private detective when her childhood best friend's husband wants to find the son he abandoned 50 years before. She launches an investigation but then learns that her friend, who is not the mother of the child, is very disturbed by this turn of events, so Hetty tries to scotch the father and son reuning. But when the son turns up on her doorstep, he hires her to his HIS 16-year-old son who has run off to London. Thi..."

💡 Did You Know?

Story is set in Halifax, West Yorkshire and Worthing, West Sussex.

📖 Synopsis

Hetty is approached by Frank Cross, husband of her old friend Edith, to locate his son from his first marriage, whom he hasn't seen in fifty years.