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About
When rancher and single mother of two Maggie Gilkeson sees her teenage daughter, Lily, kidnapped by Apache rebels, she reluctantly accepts the help of her estranged father, Samuel, in tracking down the kidnappers. Along the way, the two must learn to reconcile the past and work together if they are going to have any hope of getting Lily back before she is taken over the border and forced to become a prostitute.
Theatrical
Nov 26, 2003
Box Office
$38.4M
Budget
$60.0M
Return
0.6x
DVD / Blu-ray
Feb 24, 2004
Director
Writer
Producers
Steve Crystal, Daniel Ostroff, Todd Hallowell
Music
Studio
Imagine Entertainment, Revolution Studios, Daniel Ostroff Productions
Quotes
See all →Desperation in a Search for Family
Samuel
I didn't kill anyone! I said I didn't kill anyone! I am looking for my granddaughter!
Lieutenant
Then tell me her damn name!
Samuel
I don't *know* her damn name!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
The Missing - Dialogue 5
Maggie
Why didn't you stay?
Samuel
There's a Apache story about a man that woke up one morning and saw a hawk on the wind. Walked outside and never returned. After he died, he met his wife in the spirit world. She asked him why he never came home, he said "Well, the hawk kept flying." There's always the next something, Maggie. And that will take a man away.
[long pause; pause]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
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Cate Blanchett
Maggie Gilkeson
T
Tommy Lee Jones
Samuel Jones
E
Evan Rachel Wood
Lilly Gilkeson
J
Jenna Boyd
Dot Gilkeson
A
Aaron Eckhart
Brake Baldwin
V
Val Kilmer
Lt. Jim Ducharme
E
Eric Schweig
Pesh-Chidin / El Brujo
S
Steve Reevis
Two Stone
J
Jay Tavare
Kayitah
S
Simon Baker
Honesco, Kayitah's son
R
Ray McKinnon
Russell J. Wittick
M
Max Perlich
Isaac Edgerly
E
Elisabeth Moss
Anne
C
Clint Howard
Sheriff Purdy
R
Rance Howard
Telegraph Operator
D
Deborah Martinez
Maria Nunez
S
Scarlett McAlister
Captive Girl
A
Arron Shiver
Rancher
D
David Midthunder
Apache Scout
S
Sergio Calderón
Emiliano
