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.| Tommy Lee Jones | Samuel Jones |
| Cate Blanchett | Maggie Gilkeson |
| Eric Schweig | Chidin |
| Evan Rachel Wood | Lilly Gilkeson |
| Jenna Boyd | Dot Gilkeson |
| Steve Reevis | Two Stone |
| Ray McKinnon | Russell J. Wittick |
| Val Kilmer | Lt. Jim Ducharme |
| Aaron Eckhart | Brake Baldwin |
| Simon Baker | Honesco |
| Jay Tavare | Kayitah |
| Sergio Calderon | Emiliano |
| Clint Howard | Sheriff Purdy |
| Elisabeth Moss | Anne |
| Max Perlich | Isaac Edgerly |
| Jason Rodriguez | Mexican Slave Traders |
| Angelina C. Torres | Esmerelda Nunez |
| Rod Rondeaux | Hudlu (The One Who Laughs) |
| David Midthunder | Apache Scout |
| Yolanda Nez | Dahit'ee (Dancing Horse) |
| Matthew Montoya | Ts_Bé_Yu (Blowing Tree) |
| Arron Shiver | Rancher |
| Walter Scott | stunt coordinator |
| Rio Alexander | Julie Adair |
| Gandi Shaw | 'Izhashe (Bird) |
| Jim Tarwater | Drunk Soldier |
| Clemente Spottedhorse | Captured Apache |
| Josephine Schwan | Sally |
| Joe Saenz | Mba'tsu Naabiti (Wolf Trail) |
| Paul Scallan | Stokley |
| Samantha Brainard | Tony Boggs |
| Heather Gulas | Captive Girl |
| David Garver | Barker |
| Cliff Happy | Mr. Jones Stunt Double |
| Robert Harman | Macy Devenport |
| Toby Holguin | Mexican Slave Traders |
| Brian Brown | Mexican Slave Traders |
| Ramon Frank | Grummond |
| Alexandra Elich | Sally |
| Eddie Fernandez | Mexican Slave Traders |
| Scarlett McAlister | |
| Dutch Lunak | Si_nz (Wild Horse) |
| Deryle J. Lujan | Naazhaa (Hunter) |
| Deborah Martinez | Maria Nunez |
| Molly McAlister | Captive Girl |
| Rance Howard | Telegraph Operator |
| Aura Jensen-Curtis | Captive Girl |
| Juddson Linn | Chau_i (Evening Time) |
| Jerry King | Drunk Soldier |
| Shelby Kocurek | Captive Girl |
Genre/Type - Western, Revisionist Western
Produced by - Brian Grazer / Daniel Ostroff Prods. / Imagine Entertainment / Revolution Studios
Release - Nov 26, 2003 (USA)
Released by - Revolution Studios / Sony Pictures Entertainment
Running time - 135 min.
High Plains Drifter (1973, Clint Eastwood)
Dances with Wolves (1990, Kevin Costner)
Fort Apache (1948, John Ford)
The Shootist (1976, Don Siegel)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962, John Ford)
Big Jake (1971, George Sherman)
The Searchers (1956, John Ford)