Without a Trace

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Without a Trace ★★ 1983 (PG)

One morning, a six-year-old boy is sent off to school by his loving mother, never to return. The story of the mother's relentless search for her son. Cardboard characters, wildly unrealistic ending that is different from the real-life incident on which it's based. Scripted by Gutcheon from her book “Still Missing.” Jaffe's directorial debut. 119m/C VHS, DVD . Kate Nelligan, Judd Hirsch, Stockard Channing, David Dukes; D: Stanley R. Jaffe; C: John Bailey; M: Jack Nitzsche.