Missing Persons (1990)
The debut of the popular sleuth
During a visit to childhood friend Edith, retired housewife Hetty Wainthropp discovers that Edith's husband, Frank, has a son by a previous marriage. Hetty decides to turn amateur detective to trace him. When this gives her a taste for detection, Hetty decides to set up a private detective agency.
- Date of release
- 1990-05-30
- TMDB
- 4.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Director
- Derek Bennett
Casting
- Patricia Routledge — Hetty Wainthrop
- Tony Melody — Robert Wainthrop
- Jimmy Jewel — Frank Cross
- Jean Heywood — Edith Cross
- Gary Waldhorn — Bernard Shawcrose
- Gary Halliday — Geoffrey Shawcross
- Ram John Holder — Chalky White
- Jean Kent — Phillida Meadowhite
- Janet Allen — Mrs. Lilium
- Andrew Paul — Photographer
- Jenna Russell — Jan
- Julie Foy — Madge
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