Get the MovieNight app
Add it to your home screen — faster & full screen
Get the MovieNight app
Add it to your home screen — faster & full screen
Polygram Pictures
Universal Pictures
Not part of a collection.
Ed Horman thought that being an American would guarantee his safety. His family believed that being Americans would guarantee them the truth. They were all wrong.
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.
CinemaSerf
Jun 8, 2023 · via TMDB
This is quite an intense political thriller from Oscar winning Costa-Gavras that sees "Ed Horman" (Jack Lemmon) and his daughter-in-law "Beth" (Sissy Spacek) travel to Chile to try to find his writer son who has become caught up in the coup that has deposed President Allende. It is soon clear that the inherently patriotic Horman couple are not getting the support they would have expected from their consular officials and as the story develops we discover how little they actually knew their son and also how the confidence in their own government can be shaken to the core. Lemmon's frustration is palpable as he becomes more and more desperate. Both he and Spacek were deservedly Oscar nominated for their performances in this gripping drama. I could have done with more of a conclusion, but perhaps it is better as it is...?
User reviews courtesy of TMDB.
Amazon Video
Apple TV Store
Google Play Movies
YouTube
Amazon Video
Apple TV Store
Google Play Movies
YouTube
Jack Lemmon
Ed Horman
Sissy Spacek
Beth Horman
Melanie Mayron
Terry Simon
John Shea
Charles Horman
Charles Cioffi
Captain Ray Tower
David Clennon
Consul Phil Putnam
Richard Venture
U.S. Ambassador
Jerry Hardin
Colonel Sean Patrick
Richard Bradford
Andrew Babcock
Joe Regalbuto
Frank Teruggi
Keith Szarabajka
David Holloway
John Doolittle
David McGeary
Janice Rule
Kate Newman
Ward Costello
Congressman
Tina Romero
Maria
Martin LaSalle
Paris
Jorge Russek
Espinoza
Kimberley Farr
Young Woman (Ford Foundation)
Josefina Echánove
Woman Doctor (Basement Ward)
Jaime Garza
Young Man (Stadium)
Antonio Medellín
Rojas' Assistant
Emilio Guerrero
Extra (uncredited)
Ricardo Aronovich
Director of Photography
Costa-Gavras
Director
Sylvette Baudrot
Script Supervisor
Jesús Marín
Second Unit First Assistant Director
Françoise Bonnot
Editor
Jon Peters
Executive Producer
Peter Guber
Executive Producer
Claude Villand
ADR Mixer
Françoise Bonnot
ADR Mixer
Vangelis
Original Music Composer
Thomas Hauser
Book
Costa-Gavras
Screenplay
Donald E. Stewart
Screenplay
Milky Way
Åsa-Hanna
Forrest Gump
Apocalypse Now
A Brighter Summer Day
Bloody Morning
Clouds
Prides
Metropolis
2001: A Space Odyssey
Posel úsvitu
Lampáš malého plavčíka
Citizen Kane
Blade Runner
Faust
Ben-Hur
In the Name of the Father
On the Waterfront
Before Sunset
Anatomy of a Murder
The Bridges of Madison County
Manhattan
Boxed
A Moon in the Ordinary
Get Out
A Million Miles Away
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Talk to Her
Walk the Line
Devdas
Behind the Headlines
The Class
Contact
The Magdalene Sisters
Sense and Sensibility
Dean Spanley
Goldfinger
Carrie
Deliverance
Midaq Alley
The Glembays
Mean Girls
An Inspector Calls
The Three Faces of Eve
Shooter
This Boy's Life
Murder at the Gallop
Sea of Time
From Russia with Love
Julius Caesar
The Lovely Bones
The Tin Drum
Gettysburg
Street Angel
History of the Occult
Dr. No
Alive
King's Game
The Spy Who Loved Me
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
A Passage to India
Northanger Abbey
Solomon Northup's Odyssey
It's the Heart That Dies Last
The Four Feathers
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Frontier Crucible
The Sky Crawlers
The Soloist
The Black Hussar
Absolute Power
Veronica Guerin
The Saga of Gösta Berling
How I Fell in Love with a Gangster
You Only Live Twice
War of the Worlds
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Earth
Get Shorty
The Quiet American
The Grifters
Losing Isaiah
The Salvation
Monday or Tuesday
The Silence of the Sirens
The Bookshop
The Man with the Golden Gun
Behind Enemy Lines
Boy Culture
The Maltese Falcon
The Postcard Killings
The End of the River
Warau Iemon
Laal Singh Chaddha
Tell Me Softly
Fallen Angels
Christmas Carole
Hacker
Needful Things
The Trip
Force 10 from Navarone
I Saw What You Did
Hammett
Carrie
The Elementary Particles
The Philadelphia Experiment
The Sentinel
Night of the Skull
The Devil's Elixirs
Love & Friendship
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Bad Eggs
The Gray Man
The Black Watch
Under The Greenwood Tree
Running with Scissors
The Year of the Wolf
One Summer Night
Deep Water
Varg Veum - Buried Dogs
When the Legends Die
Any Mother's Son
Eugenie de Sade
The Tiger Rising
The Rats: A Witcher Tale
The Lost
Dark Journey
Blue Rodeo
The Phantom of the Opera
Hidden in the Woods
Himmo, King of Jerusalem
A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story
Left Behind: World at War
Yefon
Transhuman
Rosenbaum - Bländverk
Zeitoun
Liberty
Rude Buay...The Unstoppable
Berna's Tail
Butterfly in the Typewriter
Uloupené dětství
Divided We Stand
A War Story
Billion Dollar Spy
Džarkovia
Sweet Rabbit
Coup!
Otcové a děti
Oshorin
Daayra
Kalkutún, Trial of the Witches
Skok
Misper
It Had to Be You
Úspech
Politzek, the voices that challenge the Kremlin
Little War, Little man, Little Wish
Jubelove deti
Squad
All the President's Men
A Perfect World
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Ultimatum
Seven Days in May
The Bourne Supremacy
The Maze Runner
The Mask of Dimitrios
Foreign Correspondent
Relay
Point Blank
Evil Under the Sun
The Parts You Lose
Fire in the Sky
Clear and Present Danger
The Independent
The Hunting Party
The Falcon and the Snowman
The Sum of All Fears
The Seven-Ups
Jasper Jones
High Crimes
Force of Nature: The Dry 2
The Deadly Affair
The Company You Keep
Islands
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Bear Island
Overdrive
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Murder at the Embassy
Topaz
The Quiller Memorandum
The Caveman's Valentine
Feb 12, 1982
Mar 12, 1982
Oct 21, 2008
The Criterion Collection DVD
© 2025-2026 MovieNight. All rights reserved.
Versus
Sign in to play →
Stripper Wives
1999
Sally's Beauty Spot
1990
Sign in to vote
Battle your watched movies head-to-head
Community Top Movies
Evil Dead II
1987 · 14 wins
The Dark Knight
2008 · 14 wins
Halloween
1978 · 13 wins
Final Destination
2000 · 12 wins
Halloween II
1981 · 11 wins
Trivia
Leaderboard →Playing as a guest — sign in to save your score and rank on the leaderboard.
Movie Trivia
Guess the movie from a clue — tagline, plot, cast and more. Pick from four posters.
What movie experience do you prefer?
What is your favorite movie genre?
Versus
Sign in to play →
Stripper Wives
1999
Sally's Beauty Spot
1990
Sign in to vote
Battle your watched movies head-to-head
Community Top Movies
Evil Dead II
1987 · 14 wins
The Dark Knight
2008 · 14 wins
Halloween
1978 · 13 wins
Final Destination
2000 · 12 wins
Halloween II
1981 · 11 wins
Trivia
Leaderboard →Playing as a guest — sign in to save your score and rank on the leaderboard.
Movie Trivia
Guess the movie from a clue — tagline, plot, cast and more. Pick from four posters.
What movie experience do you prefer?
What is your favorite movie genre?
We use essential cookies to run MovieNight, plus analytics (Google Analytics) and advertising (Google AdSense) cookies. By continuing to browse, you agree to this — or click No and we won't. See our Terms & Privacy Policy to learn more.