Harrison Ford, Betty Buckley, Emmanuelle Seigner

A doctor and his wife go to Paris for a medical conference. While showering, his wife disappears. His lack of language, and the odd way she disappeared makes it nearly impossible for him to find any o...( read more  read more... )fficial help in his search as he enters the punk/drug culture to find out what has happened to her.

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R, 2 hrs.

Directed by: Roman Polanski

Release Date: February 26, 1988

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DVD Release Date: June 1, 2004

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  • November 14, 2009
    A very average thriller that is quite slow at times. Lacking a lot of action and suspense. It's starting to look quite dated now and I think I got it mixed up with Presumed innocent, also starring Harrison Ford, which is a much better thriller as I recall.
  • October 25, 2009
    Excellent thriller. A doctor and his wife are at a medical conference in Paris. His wife disappears from their hotel room and he has to find her.
  • October 21, 2009
    the start of the missing wife genre... if i had a wife i think i'd be all "take her, take her, just make sure she doesn't come back!". actually thinking about it the buggers would probably let her go then... so i'd feign interest but not be interested enough! so back to the film....( read more).. it makes ya feel frantic at times like the title says... but it's not a great thriller. it starts off well but it builds up so much that you're expecting a huge ending and you feel a bit robbed when ya find it has a small fry one. ah well, could be worse... a paedophile could be directing it!
  • September 29, 2009
    I?m not a huge fan of Roman Polanski but I really like this one! Harrison Ford was made for the 'Where?s my wife?' type movie!
  • January 4, 2008
    One of the most conventional Polanski films. the McGuffin isn't particularly strong, but it's enough interesting to let us stay till the end of this enjoyable and nightmarish hitchcockian thriller.
  • November 20, 2009
    Not that a great a thriller, but you definitely see signs of things to come.
  • November 20, 2009
    While it is not one of Roman Polanski's best films, it is an entertaining semi-thriller. It is not paced well at all, which hurts the overall experience. Harrison Ford made a decent effort and produced a likable character with a legitimate problem: a case of missing wife.
  • November 7, 2009
    I didn't really like it much. Not my kind of movie I guess. But it was okay. I was just interested in seeing the ending, to see if he got his wife back. When you read the info is seems really good, but its deceiving.
  • November 6, 2009
    not great, but still showing polanski's talent in making a thriller, it showed us even in a lame plotted film like this, he still can thrill us..
  • October 30, 2009
    A movie where Harrison Ford is looking for HIS WIFE.

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  • KandyLips986
    April 3, 2007
    Does anyone know the name of the song that was playing during the sexy dance club scene?

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