A Very Missing Person

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A Very Missing Person

1972

1h 14m

8.0(3 votes)

Mystery

Comedy

Crime

TV Movie

Overview

An ex-schoolteacher is asked by the police to help locate a missing heiress.

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18 members

Acting

Eve Arden

Hildegarde Withers

Acting

James Gregory

Oscar Piper

Acting

Julie Newmar

Aleatha Westering

Acting

Ray Danton

Capt. Westering

Acting

Dennis Rucker

Al Fister

Acting

Pat Morita

Delmar Faulkenstein

Directing

Ezra Stone

Judge

Acting

Woodrow Parfrey

Eberhardt

Acting

Skye Aubrey

Lenore Gregory

Acting

Bob Hastings

Malloy

Acting

Robert Easton

Onofre

Acting

Sherry Bain

Eve Granger

Acting

Udana Power

Mariette

Acting

Dwan Smith

Ora

Acting

Linda Gillen

Bernadine Toller

Acting

Peter Morrison Jacobs

Dr. Singer

No Image

Acting

Savannah Bentley

Mrs. Singer

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Acting

Anthony Caso

Mugger (uncredited)

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