Missing (1982 film)

"Look, gentlemen, I know these are bad times, it's not fun for you people. It's certainly not fun for Beth or me. Or Charles. I know you're doing your best, I have to believe that. That's our only hope. But you have all the machinery on your side. Don't you see? You have all the connections. I'm a middle-aged businessman from New York City. I don't speak one word of Spanish. Here I am. My son may have been *shot*. Maybe he was tortured. Maybe he was, oh, Lord, beaten so badly that they're keeping him until he's well enough to be released. I don't know. I don't care! Oh, really, I don't care. Because what is done - is done. I just want you to reach those people and tell them I will take Charles back in any condition. I'm not gonna make a stink. I'm not gonna go to the newspapers. You make out any kind of a release form, I will sign it. I will absolve anyone, everyone, of everything. I just want my boy back! He's the only child I have, sir. Did you hear what I said?"

"[voiceover] Ed Horman filed suit charging eleven government officials, including Henry A. Kissinger, with complicity and negligence in the death of his son. The body was not returned home until seven months later, making an accurate autopsy impossible. After years of litigation, the information necessary to prove or disprove complicity remained classified as secrets of state. The suit was dismissed."

"If he falls behind the power curve and something happens, then it's adiós. You gotta stay ahead of the power curve, kid."

"Jack Lemmon — Edmund Horman"

"Sissy Spacek — Beth Horman"

"Melanie Mayron — Terry Simon"

"John Shea — Charles Horman"

"Charles Cioffi — Captain Ray Tower, USN"

"David Clennon — Consul Phil Putnam"

"Richard Venture — U. S. Ambassador"

"Jerry Hardin — Colonel Sean Patrick"

"Joe Regalbuto — Frank Teruggi"

"For me, it was an instrumental movie. I was younger then, but that movie made me write a lot as a poet, and it was absolutely accurate. It was a very sobering experience to watch this movie."