MOVIEmeter
SEE RANK
Up 4,248 this week

Vanished Without a Trace (TV 1993)
"They've Taken Our Children: The Chowchilla Kidnapping" (original title)

TV Movie  -   -  Crime | Drama  -  1 March 1993 (USA)
5.8
Your rating:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -/10 X  
Ratings: 5.8/10 from 124 users  
Reviews: 4 user

Three young men decide to make easy money by mass kidnapping. After careful preparations, they hijack the school bus and take 26 children and the driver as hostages. However, the bravery ... See full summary »

Director:

Writers:

(book), (book), 1 more credit »
0Check in
0Share...

User Lists

Related lists from IMDb users

a list of 27 titles created 5 months ago
 
a list of 639 titles created 4 months ago
 

Connect with IMDb


Share this Rating

Title: Vanished Without a Trace (TV 1993)

Vanished Without a Trace (TV 1993) on IMDb 5.8/10

Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.

Take The Quiz!

Test your knowledge of Vanished Without a Trace.
1 nomination. See more awards »

Photos

Edit

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
...
...
Fred Woods
...
Rick Schoenfeld
Tom Hodges ...
Jim Schoenfeld
...
Odessa Ray
Robert Zameroski ...
Tim Pearson (as Bobby Zameroski)
Jonathan Hernandez ...
Ricardo Alanzo
Debra Bluford ...
Mrs. Rogers
...
Deputy Simpson
Brendan McCurdy ...
Peter Rogers
Ken Boehr ...
Jack Pearson
Cara Coffman ...
Sally Rogers
John Dunbar ...
Deputy
Peggy Freisen ...
Mrs. Clifford
Dick Solowicz ...
Leroy Tatum
Edit

Storyline

Three young men decide to make easy money by mass kidnapping. After careful preparations, they hijack the school bus and take 26 children and the driver as hostages. However, the bravery and the wit of the old driver could spoil their plan for the perfect crime. Written by Dragan Antulov <dragan.antulov@altbbs.fido.hr>

Plot Summary | Add Synopsis

Genres:

Crime | Drama

Edit

Details

Country:

Language:

Release Date:

1 March 1993 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

36 ore di paura  »

Company Credits

Show detailed on  »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Color:

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1
See  »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

Last film of Karl Malden. See more »

Connections

References Dirty Harry (1971) See more »

Frequently Asked Questions

This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.

User Reviews

 
A Chilling Production!
1 May 2007 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

A brilliant cast featuring Oscar Winner Karl Malden as a school bus driver who gets hijacked with the young students in rural California by three young criminals who plan a careful school bus hijacking but everything goes wrong no matter how well planned you orchestrate such a horrendous crime. The children and the bus driver played by Karl Malden are taken and held against their will despite the children's pleas, cries, and fear when they are placed in a dark, hot below ground in a secret location by the criminals. Suddenly, things start to go bad. I couldn't want too much more. I just kept thinking about the children being kidnapped and held for so long. It's based on a true story of an event in rural California in the 1970s.


1 of 1 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you?

Message Boards

Recent Posts
Does anyone know this? brand78
Release Date tvrepeater
Discuss Vanished Without a Trace (1993) on the IMDb message boards »

Contribute to This Page

Create a character page for:
?