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The Missing Person (2009)

The Missing Person (2009)

95 minutes EN Comedy , Drama , Mystery , Thriller
John Rosow is a private investigator. And an alcoholic. He just got the case of his life.
Private detective John Rosow is hired to tail a man on a train from Chicago to Los Angeles. Rosow gradually uncovers the man's identity as a missing person; one of the thousands presumed dead after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Persuaded by a large reward, Rosow is charged with bringing the missing person back to his wife in New York City.
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