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6.7/10   692 votes
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Writers:
Beth Gutcheon (novel)
Beth Gutcheon (screenplay)
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Release Date:
4 February 1983 (USA) more
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Tagline:
One morning, Alex Selky got dressed, waved goodbye to his mother, set off for school and disappeared.
Plot:
An estranged mother tries desperately to find her missing 6-year-old son, even if it means earning the mistrust of her friends... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Should be mandatory viewing for all parents. more (28 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Kate Nelligan ... Susan Selky

Judd Hirsch ... Al Menetti
David Dukes ... Graham Selky

Stockard Channing ... Jocelyn Norris
Jacqueline Brookes ... Margaret Mayo
Keith McDermott ... Philippe
Kathleen Widdoes ... Ms. Hauser
Danny Corkill ... Alex Selky (as Daniel Bryon Corkill)
Cheryl Giannini ... Pat Menetti
David Simon ... Eugene Menetti
William Duell ... Polygraph operator
Joan McMonagle ... Vivienne Grant
Louise Stubbs ... Malvina Robbins
Deborah Carlson ... Naomi Blum
Charles Brown ... Sachs
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Runtime:
120 min | Germany:116 min
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Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Susan Selky: [to Jocelyn] You have no idea what this feels like. more
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Referenced in Man yan (2004) more

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Should be mandatory viewing for all parents., 16 December 1998
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Author: ken c. from Windermere, Fla.

This film takes the viewer on an emotional roller-coaster. Don't know if I've ever cried harder or more frequently in a movie theater. Kate Nelligan is as good here as she is in "The Eye of the Needle."

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