The Disappearance

1977

Drama / Thriller

9
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 29% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 29% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.7/10 10 857 857

hitman missing wife

Director

Stuart Cooper Photo
Stuart Cooper

Top cast

John Hurt Photo
John Hurt as Atkinson
Robin Sachs Photo
Robin Sachs as Young Man
Michèle Magny Photo
Michèle Magny as Melanie
Christopher Plummer Photo
Christopher Plummer as Deverell
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837.75 MB
1280*692
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 31 min
Seeds 3
1.52 GB
1918*1038
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 31 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by udar55 7 / 10

Cold and stylish thriller

Cold blooded hitman Jay Mallory (Donald Sutherland) experiences uncharted emotions when his wife (Francine Racette, Sutherland's partner and future wife) suddenly disappears. It makes him nervous about his next job (which the hitmen call "the shy"), a high profile hit in England, but he ultimately accepts the risks. Based on the novel "Echoes of Celandine" by Derek Marlowe, this is a tiny and engaging thriller put together by David Hemmings (he also has a small role). According to the L. A. Times, Hemmings raised around $2 million to make it (Sutherland also invested his own $200,000). The team must have called in a lot of favors as also onscreen in small roles are David Warner, John Hurt, Virginia McKenna, and Christopher Plummer. Director Stuart Cooper handles it all well and makes the film extremely "cold" on screen. By that I mean you can almost feel the chilliness in the Canadian and England locations. Mallory's home is also a cool site/sight as they shot at Habitat 67, a futuristic looking apartment block built for the World's Fair in 1967. All of this is captured beautifully by cinematographer John Alcott, who had just done Barry Lyndon(1975) and would soon do The Shining (1980) for Kubrick. In the end, it had a rough go in terms of release. World Northal picked it up for the U. S. and eventually put it out in 1981. By that time, Sutherland had already made 10 more films.
Reviewed by ma-cortes 5 / 10

Passable movie about a hit man hired by a mysterious criminal organization

A contracted hit-man (Donald Sutherland) working for a strange organization (his contact is David Warner) discovers a rare link between his new target and his missing spouse (Francine Racette, Sutherland's wife on real life ) while they're living in their Montreal apartment.This slow-moving film results to be a boring and confusing story that deals about assassin's preoccupation with the disappearance his wife . The picture is full with continuous flashbacks , suspense , twists and turns. Nice performance by Donald Sutherland as a cold and tough assassin . Good supporting actors formed by all-star-cast as David Warner, John Hurt , Virginia McKenna, Christopher Plummer, and David Hemmings, also producer . This unknown movie was a flop because of flaws , gaps and disjointed scenes . Colorful cinematography by John Alcott , Stanley Kubrick's usual , an splendid cameraman who photographed ¨2001¨, ¨Clockwork Orange¨ and ¨Barry Lyndon¨. Sad and melancholic soundtrack by piano music is composed by Robert Farnon. The motion picture was professionally directed by Stuart Cooper with pretentiously arty film-making . He initially directed cinema movies as¨¨ Little Malcom¨ and ¨Overlord¨ but went on making TV movies as ¨The hunted¨, ¨Fortunate pilgrim¨ , ¨A.D.¨, ¨Long Hot summer¨ and several others. Rating : Acceptable but tiring movie .
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