Following up 1975's Golden Bear-winning Overlord, director Stuart Cooper delivered this 1977 psychological thriller starring Donald Sutherland as contract killer Jay Mallory. When his wife goes missing, Mallory finds that his distress is starting to affect his work. The plot thickens when he begins to suspect that his latest assignment is connected to her disappearance. With a supporting cast headed up by Christopher Plummer and John Hurt, The Disappearance was written by Paul Mayersberg who would go on to pen the screenplay for Mike Hodges' critically acclaimed Croupier.
~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide