This is based on the Missing Persons dept at the NYPD. Most of the "missing" are husbands who stayed out late or wives who ran off with their lover and the like, but there are the occasional truly missing who turn up dead. There were too many micro-stories going on to try and make sense of it, but the main storyline is that a woman named Norma Roberts (Bette) shows up looking for her missing husband. Detective Joe Musik is looking into it, but mainly he is a creeper mashing on her because she is so pretty (Bette was 24 in real life and truthfully she looked better in her 30s) Joe has a wife whom he only sees when she wants money, so apparently this makes it okay for him to be blatantly hitting on Norma. As it turns out Norma's missing man is not her hub, but an ex boss who sort of framed her for the murder of his brother (of course, he did it) The only bright spot in the movie was the captain, played by Pat O'Brien, who reminds me of actor Harry Morgan.
Review of Bureau of Missing Persons
