• Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: True Crime, Psychological Drama
• Themes: Death of a Child, Missing Persons
• Director: Stanley Jaffe
• Main Cast: Kate Nelligan, Judd Hirsch, David Dukes, Stockard Channing, Jacqueline Brookes
• Release Year: 1983
• Country: US
• Run Time: 120 minutes

Plot

Young divorced mother Kate Nelligan refuses to go into a panic when her six-year-old son disappears. She manages to maintain an even emotional keel even when detective Judd Hirsch unearths several clues which point to sexual molestation. After several false leads, the truth is revealed. We won't divulge the ending, but we will note that we found it pretty hard to swallow-especially when compared to the actual case upon which Beth Gutcheson's novel and screenplay were based. Despite its cop-out denouement, Without a Trace deserves to take its place among such superior missing-children dramas as the made-for-TV Adam and Just Another Missing Kid. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Kate Nelligan - Susan Selky
• Judd Hirsch - Al Menetti
• David Dukes - Graham Selky
• Stockard Channing - Jocelyn Norris
• Jacqueline Brookes - Margaret Mayo

Keith McDermott - Phillipe; Kathleen Widdoes - Ms. Hauser; Daniel Bryan Corkill - Alex Selky; Cheryl Giannini - Pat Menetti; David Simon - Eugene Menetti; William Duell - Polygraph Operator; Joan McMonagle - Vivienne Grant; Louise Stubbs - Malvina Robbins; Caroline Aaron - Makeup Woman; Don Amendolia - Police; Ellen Barber - Martina; Elaine Bromka - Production Assistant; L. Scott Caldwell - Janet Smith; Deborah Carlson - Naomi Blum; Jane Cecil - Mrs. Applegate; Frederick Coffin - Officer Coffin; Paul Collins - Reporter; Sam Coppola - Schoyer; Tony Devon - Police; Tom Dunn - WOR-TV News Announcer; Richmond Hoxie - Parent; Sara Lee Kessler - WOR-TV News Announcer; Thomas Kopache - Police; Dan Lauria - Baker; Marcella Lowery - Sgt. Rocco; William H. Macy - Reporter; Stephen Mendillo; Terry O'Quinn; Angela Pietropinto - Parent; Lee Sandman - Coffee Shop Owner; Bob Scarantino - Police; Martin Shakar - Police; Bill Smitrovich - Police; James Storm - Reporter; Alan Weeks - Reporter; Hattie Winston - Reporter; Gracie Harrison - Reporter; Lou Leccese - Police; Roxanne Gregory - Reporter; Sheila Coonan - Anna; Edmond Genest; Lynn Cohen - Woman with Dog; Charles Brown - Sachs; Kenneth Cory; Joseph M. Costa - Parent; Luke Sickle - Hank; Theodore Sorel - Dr. Mandlebaum; Freda Foh Shen - Reporter

Credit

John Bailey - Cinematographer; Bill Conti - Composer (Music Score); Gloria Gresham - Costume Designer; Stanley Jaffe - Director; Stanley Jaffe - Producer; Jack Nitzsche - Composer (Music Score); Cynthia Scheider - Editor; Paul Sylbert - Production Designer; Alice Shure - Associate Producer; Beth Gutcheon - Screen Story; Beth Gutcheon - Screenwriter; Beth Gutcheon - Book Author; Terry Donnelly - First Assistant Director; Gregory Bolton - Art Director; Alan Hicks - Set Designer

Similar Movies

Adam; The Good Mother; Into Thin Air; The Atlanta Child Murders; Missing Children: A Mother's Story; The Face on the Milk Carton; The Deep End of the Ocean; The Son's Room; Alias Betty