Overwiew :Private-eye mystery based on af Ross MacDonald 'Lew Archer' novel. When a millionaire businessman turns up missing, his estranged, invalid wife Bacall) hires a private detective (Newman) to find him. The P.I. quickly discovers that the victim has been kidnapped by some of those nearest and dearest to him, and uncovers a tangled web of smuggling, greed, drugs and petty family jealousies. Note script by Goldman. Followed by The Drowning Pool (1975).
