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%%* MistakenForPedophile: The building's handyman is initially a suspect after the police find a bloodstained pair of boy's underwear among his things. He tells them that he cut his hand and grabbed the first thing he could find to use as a bandage (the briefs had presumably been discarded some time before).

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%%* * MistakenForPedophile: The building's handyman is initially a suspect after the police find a bloodstained pair of boy's underwear among his things. He tells them that he cut his hand and grabbed the first thing he could find to use as a bandage (the briefs had presumably been discarded some time before).

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* BigDamnReunion: Susan's son Alex is kidnapped at the beginning of the movie and they are reunited at the very end. When she spots him, the camera zooms in on her stunned reaction. He smiles and calls out to her, she drops her groceries, they run to each other, the music swelling, and she catches him in a hug.



* MistakenForPedophile: The building's handyman is initially a suspect after the police find a bloodstained pair of boy's underwear among his things. He tells them that he cut his hand and grabbed the first thing he could find to use as a bandage (the briefs had presumably been discarded some time before).

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* MistakenForPedophile: The building's handyman, after the police find a bloodstained pair of boy's underwear among his things. He tells them that he cut his hand and grabbed the first thing he could find to use as a bandage (the briefs had presumably been discarded some time before).

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* MistakenForPedophile: The building's handyman, handyman is initially a suspect after the police find a bloodstained pair of boy's underwear among his things. He tells them that he cut his hand and grabbed the first thing he could find to use as a bandage (the briefs had presumably been discarded some time before).
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* AdultFear: Susan's son disappeared after she saw him off and there are worries that he might not even be alive.

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* AdultFear: MissingChild: Susan's son disappeared after she saw him off and there are worries that he might not even be alive.
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!![[SimilarlyNamedWorks You may be looking]] for ''Series/WithoutATrace'', a 2002 police procedural created by Creator/HankSteinberg.

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!![[SimilarlyNamedWorks You may be looking]] for ''Series/WithoutATrace'', a 2002 police procedural created by Creator/HankSteinberg.



Not to be confused with the show ''Series/WithoutATrace'', which ran from 2002-2009.



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''Without a Trace'' is a 1983 drama directed by Creator/StanleyRJaffe based on the book ''Still Missing'' by author Creator/BethGutcheon and the disappearance of Etan Pataz.

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''Without a Trace'' is a 1983 drama film directed by Creator/StanleyRJaffe Creator/StanleyRJaffe, based on the book ''Still Missing'' by author Creator/BethGutcheon and about the disappearance of Etan Pataz.
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''Without a Trace'' is a 1983 drama directed by Creator/StanleyRJaffe based on the book ''Still Missing'' by author Creator/BethGutcheon and the disappearance of Etan Pataz.

A boy disappears when going to school and the police are called to locate him and find out where he is and what had happened to him.

The film stars Creator/KateNelligan, Creator/JuddHirsch, Creator/DavidDukes, and Creator/StockardChanning and was released on February 4, 1983.

Not to be confused with the show ''Series/WithoutATrace'', which ran from 2002-2009.

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!!Tropes for the film:
* AdultFear: Susan's son disappeared after she saw him off and there are worries that he might not even be alive.
* MistakenForPedophile: The building's handyman, after the police find a bloodstained pair of boy's underwear among his things. He tells them that he cut his hand and grabbed the first thing he could find to use as a bandage (the briefs had presumably been discarded some time before).
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Based on the disappearance of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Etan_Patz Etan Patz]]. [[spoiler:Though Patz was never found (though his murderer was convicted in the early '10s), Alex is found alive and is reunited with his mother in the end]].
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