Composer(s) Joe Renzetti Original language(s) English | Country of origin United States No. of seasons 1 | |
Created by Peter Lance
Gary Sherman Starring Daniel J. Travanti
Erik King
Juan Ramírez
Frederick Weller
Jorja Fox
Robert Swan
Patty Lombard | ||
Missing Persons is an American crime drama television series, set in Chicago. It followed a fictitious missing persons unit; each episode usually following the investigation into three or more cases. It ran on ABC from August 30, 1993 to February 17, 1994.
Contents
It was produced by Gary Sherman Productions in association with Stephen J. Cannell Productions, and often used local Chicago-based actors, as well as occasional guest stars such as Nina Foch, Eddie Bracken and Lois Smith. Semi-regulars included Ian Gomez, Irma P. Hall, Laura Cerón and Valerie Harper. Unlike most series from Cannell's company, he did not create or co-create this series.
Regular cast
Among the guest stars was Stephen Colbert in episode 2.
Episodes
Episode titles were all taken from a quote from their episode. Episodes usually began with some sort of humorous exchange between the team as they all crowded round the coffee machine, eating doughnuts. Ray would then come out from his office and hand out the cases for the day.
DVD release
On July 27, 2010, Mill Creek Entertainment released Prime Time Crime: The Stephen J. Cannell Collection on DVD in Region 1. This special collection contains 54 episodes from 13 different shows produced by Stephen J. Cannell Productions, including all episodes of Missing Persons.