Vanishing Act

• Director: David Greene
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Thriller
• Movie Type: Psychological Thriller
• Themes: Mind Games, Assumed Identities
• Main Cast: Mike Farrell, Margot Kidder
• Release Year: 1988
• Country: CA/US
• Run Time: 94 minutes

Plot

Someone in the upper echelons of network television must have been enamored of or obsessed with French playwright Robert Thomas' Trap for a Lonely Man, since the property was adapted to television no fewer than three times. The 1986 version, Vanishing Act, stars Mike Farrell as a honeymooning husband. When his new bride turns up missing, Farrell angrily demands that the authorities drop everything to find her. Imagine his surprise when Margot Kidder, a total stranger, arrives on the scene, insisting that she is Farrell's wife. Earlier versions of Trap for a Lonely Man included Honeymoon with a Stranger (1969) and One of My Wives is Missing (1976). Originally telecast May 4, 1986, Vanishing Act was cleverly adapted by Richard Levinson and William Link, who slavishly retained Robert Thomas' by-now-familiar final plot twist. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Elliott Gould - Lieutenant Rudameyer; Fred Gwynne - Father Macklin; Graham Jarvis - Doctor DeMarco; Margot Kidder - Chris Kenyon; Mike Farrell - Harry Kenyon

Credit

David Greene - Director, Ken Wannberg - Composer (Music Score), Laszlo George - Cinematographer, Robert M. Cooper - Producer, William Link - Screenwriter, Richard A. Levinson - Screenwriter

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