Scanialara
You won't be disappointed!
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Best movie ever!
Mandeep Tyson
The acting in this movie is really good.
Billy Ollie
Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
theowinthrop
In 1976 Jack Klugman, James Franciscus, and Elizabeth Ashley made a clever television mystery, ONE OF MY WIVES IS MISSING, which is about a weird extortion scheme by an impostor. It was remade (in my opinion slightly better) in 1986 with Elliot Gould, Mike Farrell, and Margot Kidder in the lead roles. I say better because, while the supporting cast of ONE OF MY WIVES IS MISSING, was good, this remake had Fred Gwynne in a pivotal role as a somewhat shady clergyman - an ally of Kidder's in her scheme. There was also a nice bit by that underrated supporting actor Graham Jarvis (MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN) as a holistic doctor who gets dragged into the mystery. Finally the writer/producers in this were the creators of Lt. Columbo, William Link and Richard Levinson. They improved the script a bit, particularly with Gwynne's role.The story is the same - Farrell is the newlywed husband who had an argument with his wife, and she left their cabin in high dudgeon. When he reports this to officer Elliot Gould, suddenly the door opens and Kidder comes in begging Farrell's forgiveness for the argument and her snit. But Farrell insists she is a fake. Gould, thinking he's been the victim of a joke, leaves disgusted. And then Kidder reveals her larcenous demands on Farrell unless he wishes to have serious problems with the law. Farrell, forced to go along with her demands, keeps looking for a chance to get Gould to come back and investigate a bit more. But when Gould reappears a "witness" shows up to support Kidder - a Catholic clergyman played by Gwynne. Of course once Gould leaves again, Farrell faces now two extortionists working some badger game on him.Again the tension is maintained by a good cast and the improved dialog of the script. What is going on? Where is Farrell's wife, and what have Kidder and Gwynne done with her? Will Jarvis, who has stumbled into the mystery accidentally, help Farrell overcome these villains? And what is Gould up to...for he to begins acting oddly after awhile?Again the ending catches the viewer by surprise (unless they saw the original television film). Certainly worth catching if it is shown again as one of the best television mystery films.
Stephen Bailey
This is a truly excellent thriller which never lets up for a moment, racks up the tension wonderfully, and has a MONSTER of a twist at the end (which I won't reveal). Harry Kenyon (Mike Farrell) has a terrible problem. His wife Chris has vanished and suddenly up pops Margot Kidder impersonating her, just before the real Chris is due to inherit a fortune. He's trying desperately to get people to believe him, but no one will, especially the local chief of detectives (Elliott Gould). What the audience doesn't realise is that Harry Kenyon has a very (very) dark secret and the townspeople who refuse to believe him may know far more than they're letting on. This movie was good enough for a cinema release in my opinion and I promise you, it won't disappoint. 9 out of 10.
Doctor_Bombay
Levinson and Link, the Columbo and McCloud guys threw together this modern mystery and it's too bad (that it's thrown together), because the story is quite marvelous, actually.The film suffers from limited locations and characters. The casting is TV-Movie all the way with Mike Farrell, Margot Kidder, and Eliott Gould getting the bulk of the screen time. Fred Gwynne (don't we all love Fred Gwynne?) does a nice turn in a smaller role..If you make it through the first 20 minutes of needless expanse, you'll wonder into an interesting little mystery with plenty of surprises.Well worth watching on a rainy afternoon.
Nic Cage-2
This is about as good as a TV-movie can get. I saw it when it first appeared on TV in 1986, and looked for it for the next 12 years, as it couldn't be found on video, then without warning, this excellent film hit video and cable on The Mystery Channel. The plot is not original, but it is a clever idea to borrow, and it has a helluva twist at the end, and it leaves you hanging all the way until that last minute. Fred "Herman Munster" Gwynne does a wonderful job, as well as Mike "MASH's B.J. Honeycutt" Farrell.
