Story :Based on the real-life experiences of Ed Horman. A conservative American businessman travels to Chile to investigate the sudden disappearance of his son after a military takeover. Accompanied by his son's wife he uncovers a trail of cover-ups that implicate the US State department which supports the dictatorship.
Cast
Jack LemmonEd Horman
Sissy SpacekBeth Horman
Melanie MayronTerry Simon
John SheaCharles Horman
Charles CioffiCaptain Ray Tower
David ClennonConsul Phil Putnam
Richard VentureU.S. Ambassador
Jerry HardinColonel Sean Patrick
Richard BradfordAndrew Babcock
Joe RegalbutoFrank Teruggi
Keith SzarabajkaDavid Holloway
John DoolittleDavid McGeary
Janice RuleKate Newman
Ward CostelloCongressman
Hansford RoweSenator
Tina RomeroMaria
Richard WhitingStatesman
Martin LaSalleParis
Terence NelsonColonel Clay
Robert HittPeter Chernin
Félix GonzálezRojas
María Eugenia RíosMrs. Duran
Jorge RussekEspinoza
Edna NecoecheaPia
Alan PenwrithSamuel Cross
Alex CamachoSilvio
Manuel Ávila CamachoDoctor (Mental Hospital)
Kimberley FarrYoung Woman (Ford Foundation)
Elizabeth CrossAnn
Piero CrossHotel Manager
Gary RichardsonOperator U.S. Embassy
Josefina EchánoveWoman Doctor (Basement Ward)
Robert JohnstreetBob
Linda SpheerisWoman (State Department)
Jorge MancillaCaptain (airport)
Gerardo VigilSoldier (laundry)
Mario ValdezOfficer (laundry)
Jaime GarzaYoung Man (Stadium)
Joe I. TompkinsMarine Officer
John FentonCarlos
Jacqueline EvansWoman (Ford Foundation)
Jorge SantoyoYoung Man (Mental Hospital)
Juan VázquezLittle Man (Mental Hospital)
Antonio MedellínRojas' Assistant
Albert Cates2nd Marine Officer
Miguel CaneLittle Boy at Beth's Class (uncredited)