Missing Persons

Missing Persons

104 mins | Drama, Crime | May 30, 1990

During a visit to childhood friend Edith, retired housewife Hetty Wainthropp discovers that Edith's husband, Frank, has a son by a previous marriage. Hetty decides to turn amateur detective to trace him. When this gives her a taste for detection, Hetty decides to set up a private detective agency.

Missing Persons

104 mins | Drama, Crime | May 30, 1990

Missing Persons
During a visit to childhood friend Edith, retired housewife Hetty Wainthropp discovers that Edith's husband, Frank, has a son by a previous marriage. Hetty decides to turn amateur detective to trace him. When this gives her a taste for detection, Hetty decides to set up a private detective agency.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Yorkshire Television
Original title Missing Persons
Directors Patricia Robertshaw, Derek Bennett
Writers David Cook

Cast

Patricia Routledge

as Hetty Wainthrop

Tony Melody

as Robert Wainthrop

Jimmy Jewel

as Frank Cross

Jean Heywood

as Edith Cross

Gary Waldhorn

as Bernard Shawcrose

Gary Halliday

as Geoffrey Shawcross

Ram John Holder

as Chalky White

Jean Kent

as Phillida Meadowhite

Janet Allen

as Mrs. Lilium

Andrew Paul

as Photographer

Jenna Russell

as Jan

Julie Foy

as Madge

Cathy Underwood

as Beryl Lilium

Matthew C. Vaughan

as Hairdresser

Nigel Collins

as Betting Shop Manager

Fran O'Shea

as Betting Shop Assistant

Maureen Lunt

as P.C. Alice

Rosemary Hirst

as Myra

Emma Garner-Clarke

as Sheila

Deborah Fairfax

as TV Interviewer

David Credell

as Postman

Joyce Kennedy

as Neighbour

Philip Wright

as P.C.

Judith Scott

as P.C.

Susie Hawthorne

as Young Edith

Carolyn Dewhirst

as Young Hetty

Tom McGill

as Young Frank

Mary Wray

as Edith's Mother

Luke Branagan

as Man In Betting Shop