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  Review by sakana1 ★★★½ 15

  If you tell me Eve Arden starred in a TV movie as a retired schoolteacher who is also an amateur sleuth, I have very specific expectations, for things like: competence, dry wit, and her character definitely (except not explicitly) being a lesbian. And, brother, does A Very Missing Person deliver!

  In the process of tracking down a missing flower child, Arden wears a wide variety of terrible hats, makes lots of jokes at the expense of everyone within reach, rides in a motorcycle sidecar, and packs her purse with buckshot — just in case, you understand.

  There's nothing life changing here, but it's always nice to hang out with Eve Arden, and the whole thing takes place during an interested…

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  Review by Richmond_Hill ★★★ 2

  I don’t think being called a comfort blanket would find much favour with Eve Arden, but that is what she is in this typically light dusting of detective tics and social modes; her amateur detective impervious to brick and brickbat alike. But how could it be any other way?

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  Review by Chloe

  Yet another failed pilot for a show I'd have loved - seventies TV network execs, I would like a word!

  Very much enjoyed the odd couple chemistry between fabulous Eve Arden and the lovably Matthau-like James Gregory, as well as the Redford-lite Dennis Rucker. Not sure how long Arden's extravagant hat gimmick would have lasted had this gone to series, but it was fun for the duration of a 73 minute TV movie!

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  Review by Bert ★★★ 2

  Kinda like a groovy Murder, She Wrote with a hippie cult

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  Review by Michael Shawn ★★★★

  Eve Arden is a hoot as the kind of character she excelled at: an ex-teacher busybody and amateur sleuth on the case of a missing heiress who is wrapped up with a hippie cult. She plays Hildegarde Withers, who is apparently a literary detective who was the main character of a series of books that used to be popular. This movie was actually one of three pilots for a series that never got picked up that would have featured a different literary sleuth every week. All three movies were ABC Movies of the Week, the other two being 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙖𝙨𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙨 and 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙙𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙉𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧. There's a lot of humor in this film at Arden's expense,…

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  Review by Johnny Turner ★★★

  Made for TV treasure. Early 70’s hippie bashing goodness.

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  Review by Christopher Hanson ★★★

  Eve Arden was a pro in whatever role she played, this is no exception. She makes it a watchable albeit predictable murder mystery. Our Miss Brooks meets Jessica Fletcher.

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  Review by joelnox ★★★

  Eve Arden is a typical delight as bulldozing school teacher turned amateur snoop Hildegarde Withers in this fun TV film.