The Missing (2003)
- Starring:
- Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, (more)
- Director(s):
- Ron Howard
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Category:
- Westerns
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Director Ron Howard turns to the Western genre in this tale of a father and daughter who are brought together under difficult circumstances. Samuel Jones (Tommy Lee Jones) is a man living in New Mexico in the 1880s. He had abandoned his family years before to live and travel with a band of Apaches, but his conscience has finally gotten the better of him and he's decided to return home. Jones, however, does not receive a warm welcome upon arrival -- his wife has died and his daughter Maggie Gilkeson (Cate Blanchett), now grown and raising two children with her husband Brake (Aaron Eckhart), has no desire to see the man who left her mother to fend for herself. As Jones prepares to depart on a note of bitterness, a band of ruthless bandits, let by Army deserter Chidin (Eric Schweig), descends upon the homestead, murdering Brake and kidnapping his 15-year-old daughter Lily (Evan Rachel Wood). While Maggie feels no desire to forgive her father, she realizes he's her best hope to track down the criminals who took her child, and Jones and Maggie team up to find the bandits before they can disappear into Mexico. The Missing was based on the novel The Last Ride by Thomas Eidson. Val Kilmer and Jenna Boyd highlight the supporting cast. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 137 mins
Complete Cast of The Missing
- Tommy Lee Jones - Samuel Jones
- Eric Schweig - Chidin
- Jenna Boyd - Dot Gilkeson
- Ray McKinnon - Russell J. Wittick
- Aaron Eckhart - Brake Baldwin
- Jay Tavare - Kayitah
- Clint Howard - Sheriff Purdy
- Max Perlich - Isaac Edgerly
- Toby Holguin - Mexican Slave Traders
- Rod Rondeaux - Hudlu (The One Who Laughs)
- Joe Saenz - Mba'tsu Naabiti (Wolf Trail)
- Deryle J. Lujan - Naazhaa (Hunter)
- David Midthunder - Apache Scout
- Matthew Montoya - Ts_Bé_Yu (Blowing Tree)
- Rio Alexander - Mr. Schweig Stunt Double
- David Garver - Barker
- Paul Scallan - Stokley
- Deborah Martinez - Maria Nunez
- Molly McAlister - Captive Girl
- Aura Jensen-Curtis - Captive Girl
- Yolanda Nez - Dahit'ee (Dancing Horse)
- Jason Rodriguez - Mexican Slave Traders
- Dutch Lunak - Si_nz (Wild Horse)
- Juddson Linn - Chau_i (Evening Time)
- Jerry King - Drunk Soldier
- Cate Blanchett - Maggie Gilkeson
- Evan Rachel Wood - Lily Gilkeson
- Steve Reevis - Two Stone
- Val Kilmer - Lt. Jim Ducharme
- Simon Baker - Honesco
- Sergio Calderon - Emiliano
- Elisabeth Moss - Anne
- Eddie Fernandez - Mexican Slave Traders
- Josephine Schwan - Sally
- Gandi Shaw - 'Izhashe (Bird)
- Robert Harman - Macy Devenport
- Ramon Frank - Grummond
- Scarlett McAlister
- Samantha Brainard - Tony Boggs
- Clemente Spottedhorse - Captured Apache
- Jim Tarwater - Drunk Soldier
- Arron Shiver - Rancher
- Angelina C. Torres - Esmerelda Nunez
- Shelby Kocurek - Captive Girl
- Heather Gulas - Captive Girl
- Alexandra Elich - Sally
- Rance Howard - Telegraph Operator
- Brian Brown - Mexican Slave Traders
- Cliff Happy - Mr. Jones Stunt Double
- Director(s):
- Ron Howard
- Writer(s):
- Akiva Goldsman, Ken Kaufman
- Producer(s):
- Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Daniel Ostroff
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Adult Language, Not For Children, Graphic Violence, Western Violence)
- Categories:
- Westerns
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