One of My Wives Is Missing

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One of My Wives Is Missing
Genre
  • Thriller
  • Mystery
Written byPeter 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 originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
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
CinematographyArchie R. Dalzell
Editor Aaron Stell
Running time94 minutes
Production company Spelling-Goldberg Productions
Original release
Network ABC
ReleaseMarch 5, 1976 (1976-03-05)

One of My Wives Is Missing is a television mystery thriller (ABC, 1976) with Jack Klugman, Elizabeth Ashley, James Franciscus, Joel Fabiani, and others. The teleplay was based on the 1960 stage play Trap for a Single Man by Robert Thomas. [1] The play also inspired two other television films, Honeymoon with a Stranger (1969) and Vanishing Act (1986).

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The teleplay was based on the 1960 French stage play Piège Pour un Homme Seul (Trap for a Single Man) by Robert Thomas. [1] The play also inspired two other TV films, Honeymoon with a Stranger (1969) and Vanishing Act (1986). It was also the basis of the Russian language film Trap for a Lonely Man (1990).

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References

  1. 1 2 "One of My Wives Is Missing". IMDb .