Without a Trace
Without a Trace is a 1983 American drama film directed by Stanley R. Jaffe and starring Kate Nelligan, Judd Hirsch, David Dukes and Stockard Channing. Adapted by screenwriter Beth Gutcheon from her own 1981 novel Still Missing, the story is partly based on the real-life disappearance of Etan Patz.
Plot
Susan Selky, a prominent English professor at Columbia University, lives in a Brooklyn brownstone with her 6-year-old son Alex (Danny Corkill). One March morning, Susan sees Alex off to his school, two blocks away.
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| author | Beth Gutcheon |
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| director | Stanley R. Jaffe |
| editor | Cynthia Scheider |
| genre | drama mystery |
| keywords | arrest beat bleed break in chevrolet chevy columbia university cut day off disabled disturb english professor estrange male prostitute media coverage morning new york city new york city police department new york university phone call police department police escort polygraph shop wash york university |
| musicBy | Jack Nitzsche |
| producer | Stanley R. Jaffe |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| theme | missing people |