Missing Persons (1990)

4.0/10 104 min Drama Crime

Overview

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.

Cast

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

Andrew Paul

Photographer

Jenna Russell

Jan

Deborah Fairfax

TV Interviewer

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