The Disappearance is a 1977 British-Canadian thriller film directed by Stuart Cooper, and starring Donald Sutherland, Francine Racette, David Hemmings and John Hurt.

Jay Mallory is a contract killer living in Montréal who works for an unknown international criminal organization.

Mallory initially thinks that Celandine has left him of her own volition, since their marriage was a sometimes stormy, albeit passionate, relationship.

Mallory feels that there is something unusual about this job as he is given little initial information, including not knowing who the target is and that it is associated with Celandine's disappearance.

Mallory visits the wife of Roland Deverell, Catherine, who says her husband is a serial womaniser, but that his affair with Celandine seemed exclusive.

While at Catherine's house, Mallory receives a phone call from Atkinson, who passes on details of the assassination including the target's name, Roland Deverell.

He says that Celandine has been having an affair with himself for a long time, that she left England the day before Mallory arrived, and that she orchestrated the hit.