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Film of the Week: The Disappearance

on BBC Two England

Starring Donald Sutherland, Francine Racette, David Hemmings, David Warner

Jay Mallory, a top operative in a field that has no margins for error - the murky world of international contract murder - returns to his Montreal apartment to find his wife Celandine is missing. The organisation expects Mallory to carry out his next assignment, but he is now totally preoccupied with his wife's disappearance. Donald Sutherland stars as the contract killer who faces dangerous dilemmas and a web of intrigue in this itmospheric and unusual thriller.

"It is a film of memorable individuality, leaping from shattering violence to melancholy introspection, photographed with nightmarish vividness ... and it gives Sutherland an opportunity for one of his most deeply felt performances." (THE SUNDAY TIMES)
"...a weird, beautifully composed film which makes handsome use of its wintry Canadian and Suffolk locations." (DAILY MAIL)

Contributors

Screenplay:
Paul Mayersberg
Based on the novel by:
Derek Marlowe
Producer:
David Hemmings
Producer:
Gerry Arbeid
Director:
Stuart Cooper
Jay Mallory:
Donald Sutherland
Celandine:
Francine Racette
Edward:
David Hemmings
Atkinson:
John Hurt
Burbank:
David Warner
Jeffries:
Peter Bowles
Catherine:
Virginia McKenna
Deverell:
Christopher Plummer
Melanie:
Michele Magny
James:
Duane Howard
Secretary:
Christina Greatrex
Dominic:
Robert Korne
Young man:
Robin Sachs

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