In 1974, 24 year-old Francis Wetherbee, a bank teller who is the subject of small-town envy and gossip, disappears from her hometown of Smithville, Texas two weeks after her fiance's bank is robbed. Her car is dredged from the bottom of a local river but it yields no clues. After a vigorous but futile search for the missing woman, the authorities give up, and Francis recedes into legend--until the case is revisited nearly 40 years later when key figures in her life come forward with theories and clues surrounding her disappearance. The film then morphs from documentary style to narrative as the odyssey of Francis' life unfolds for the audience and the truth is revealed.
as Francis Wetherbee
as Oliver Pearce
as Bianca Pearce
as Narrator (voice)
as Paul A. McQueen
as Haze Michael
as Tobin
as Willie
as Elder Francis
as Young Francis
as Roddy Wetherbee
as Alexandre Deschanel
as Fireman
as Mr. Gazley
as Young Willie
as Princess
as Janice
as Maxie
as Cindy
as FBI Agent Carl Winstead
as Young Tobin
as Bastrop County Sheriff
as Officer McBride
as Ruby
as Skeeter Rooney
as J.A. O'Brien
as Francis' Mother
as Detective Staples
as David Meckler