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Missing Persons(1990)
Status: Released
Date: 1990-05-30
40%
1 Votes
Time: 1h 44m
The debut of the popular sleuth
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Missing Persons
Top 10 Billed 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
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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.
Release Date
1990-05-30
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The debut of the popular sleuth
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