This movie, centering on a child's abduction, casts Kate Nelligan as the distraught mother who lashes out at the police (in the person of a relentless detective played by Judd Hirsch), who ... See full summary »
This movie was loosely based on the case of six-year-old Etan Patz, who disappeared in New York City on May 25, 1979 while walking two blocks to catch his school bus. As of June 2012, Patz, who was declared legally dead in 2001, has not been found.
Susan Selky:
You have no idea what this feels like.
At the end of the movie, when Susan leaves the library and is walking down the street, she doesn't have her dog with her. But when she approaches the market, she has her dog with her and chains him up outside the market.
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$1,609,448 6 February 1983
$9,632,062
$9,632,062