{"id":10789,"date":"2025-04-22T09:15:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T16:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/?p=10789"},"modified":"2026-03-26T23:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T06:55:08","slug":"10789","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/?p=10789","title":{"rendered":"MISSING PERSONS: LONG LOST ABC PILOT JUST DISCOVERED"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"MISSING%20PERSONS%3A%20LONG%20LOST%20ABC%20PILOT%20JUST%20DISCOVERED\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-27-at-5.26.22-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10799\" title=\"Screen Shot 2019-05-27 at 5.26.22 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-27-at-5.26.22-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"806\" height=\"718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-27-at-5.26.22-PM.png 806w, https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-27-at-5.26.22-PM-300x267.png 300w, https:\/\/peterlance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2019-05-27-at-5.26.22-PM-800x712.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/>Sept. 15th 2024<\/a><\/strong> &#8220;Missing Persons&#8221; was a pilot for the ABC Television Network created and Executive Produced by Peter Lance in Association with Cannell Entertainment. Starring Joe Cortese, Phil Morris, Constance Marie, Jason Beghe, Mike Starr, and Fredric Lehne, it was shot in April, 1992.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Missing Persons Pilot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KTgaUGExqpI&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to screen it on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>Set in the NYPD&#8217;s Missing Persons Bureau, the one hour dramatic pilot was directed by Mario Van Peebles, who had just helmed the critically acclaimed feature &#8220;New Jack City.&#8221; One of the highest testing pilots in ABC&#8217;s lineup for the &#8217;92 season, it never made it onto the network&#8217;s schedule with the same cast and production team; although a version of it, co-created by Lance ran on ABC from 1993-95.<\/p>\n<p>This pilot also features a series of veteran character actors including Paul Ben-Victor, Beau Starr and Tony Amendola. It includes a cameo from director Deran Sarafian and a small speaking role from ex-NYPD Detective Louis Eppolito, later convicted as one of the &#8220;Mafia Cops.&#8221; The pilot was line produced by Peter McIntosh with cinematography by Edward Pei, production design by Richard Hoover and a score by Anthony Marinelli. Casting was by Peter Golden.This analogue video, hidden in the vaults for decades, was recently discovered.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Missing Persons shooting script\" href=\"http:\/\/peterlance.com\/Missing_Persons_Pilot_3_2_92.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>for a pdf of the shooting script visit peterlance.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"MISSING%20PERSONS%3A%20LONG%20LOST%20ABC%20PILOT%20JUST%20DISCOVERED\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>Sept. 15th 2024 &#8220;Missing Persons&#8221; was a pilot for the ABC Television Network created and Executive Produced by Peter Lance in Association with Cannell Entertainment. Starring Joe Cortese, Phil Morris, Constance Marie, Jason Beghe, Mike Starr, and Fredric Lehne, it was shot in April, 1992. CLICK HERE\u00a0to screen it on YouTube. 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