The Missing People

{{Short description|1940 film}}

{{About||the generic meaning|missing persons|other uses|Missing Persons (disambiguation)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}

{{Infobox film

| name = The Missing People

| image = "The_Missing_People"_(1940).jpg

| alt =

| caption = U.S. 1-sheet poster

| director = Jack Raymond

| producer = Charles Q. Steel

| writer = Lydia Hayward

| based_on = The Missing People by Edgar Wallace

| starring = Will Fyffe
Kay Walsh
Lyn Harding

| music = Percival Mackey

| cinematography = George Stretton

| editing =

| studio = Jack Raymond Productions

| distributor = Grand National Pictures (UK)

| released = {{Film date|1940|01|13|UK|df=yes}}

| runtime = 73 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

The Missing People is a 1940 British mystery film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Will Fyffe, Kay Walsh and Lyn Harding. Fyfe appears as J. G. Reeder, a character created by Edgar Wallace who works as an investigator for the Department of Public Prosecutions.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032800/|title=The Missing People (1940)|date=6 November 1940|publisher=IMDb}}{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b08b06b|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713175038/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b08b06b|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-13|title=The Missing People|publisher=British Film Institute}} The film is based on a novel by Edgar Wallace. Fyffe, Walsh and Raymond were involved in another Mr. Reeder film The Mind of Mr. Reeder released the previous year.Hardy p.342 It was shot at Highbury Studios in London.