One of My Wives Is Missing

One of My Wives Is Missing
One of My Wives Is Missing
Genre	Thriller
Written by	Peter Stone (teleplay) (as Pierre Marton); Robert Thomas (stage play "Trap for a Single Man")
Directed by	Glenn Jordan
Starring	Jack Klugman; Elizabeth Ashley; James Franciscus
Music by	Billy Goldenberg
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Leonard Goldberg; Aaron Spelling
Producers	Barney Rosenzweig; Shelley Hull (associate producer)
Production locations	Lake Arrowhead, San Bernardino National Forest, California; 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California
Cinematography	Archie R. Dalzell
Editor	Aaron Stell
Running time	94 minutes
Production company	Spelling-Goldberg Productions
Distributor	Sony Pictures Television
Release
Original network	ABC
Picture format	Color
Audio format	Mono
Original release	March 5, 1976;

One of My Wives Is Missing is a television thriller (ABC, 1976) with Jack Klugman, Elizabeth Ashley, James Franciscus, Joel Fabiani, and others. The teleplay was based on the 1960s stageplay Trap for a Single Man.^[1] The play also inspired two other television films, Honeymoon with a Stranger and . The French play itself is based on two Indian films, Sesh Anka and Puthiya Paravai, which are loosely inspired by the British classic Chase a Crooked Shadow.^{[citation needed]}

Cast[]

Jack Klugman - Inspector Levine
Elizabeth Ashley - Elizabeth Corban
James Franciscus - Daniel Corban
Joel Fabiani - Father Kelleher
Milton Selzer - Sidney Bernstein
Ruth McDevitt - Rebecca Foster
Garry Walberg - Officer Foley
Tony Costello - Bert
Byron Webster - Manager

Story[]

Daniel Corban (James Franciscus) reports his wife missing, yet the local police in the sleepy village isn't too concerned. Inspector Levine (Jack Klugman) reluctantly takes the time to listen to Corban's statement of how she drove off after they had a fight and hasn't returned since. He tells Corban that since she left on her own free will, there is nothing he can do, but she'll probably come back soon enough.

That evening Corban gets an unexpected visit from the local priest, Father Kelleher (Joel Fabiani). Apparently he is acting on behalf of Corban's wife, since he asks Corban if he would welcome her back with open arms if she wanted to come back. Whereupon Corban replies, of course, the fight they had was ultimately meaningless, he loves her. Right on cue, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Ashley) enters - and the story could be over, but really this is only the beginning, since Corban declares in front of the astonished priest that this is not his wife!

An even more astonished Inspector Levine appears shortly after, having been called by Corban. He wonders, "how come that a woman fitting the description of Corban's wife, who came back in a car fitting the description of her car, is not recognized as said wife by her husband?" Corban doesn't have an answer to that, but keeps insisting that she is not his wife. While she insists that not only is she his wife, he is out of his mind and in serious need of help. Now Levine, reluctant as he may be, has to put some effort into the case and figure out the truth behind what is going on. That takes the entire rest of the movie, leading through numerous plot twists, and keeps the viewer in suspense until the very end.

Nominations and awards[]

The movie was nominated for an "Edgar" for "Best Television Feature or Miniseries" in 1977.^[2]

References[]

^ "One of My Wives Is Missing".
^ IMDb article

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