The story of a woman who has to swallow her pride and accept her father's help in finding her daughter.

Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. Special features (disc 2): three alternate endings; deleted scenes; fifteen behind-the-scenes featurettes; director's commentary; the short films of Ron Howard. Based on the novel: The last ride / by Thomas Eidson. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2003. "This film has been modified as follows from its original version : it has been formatted to fit this screen"--Opening screens. Special feature (disc 1): theatrical trailer (3 min.). Special features (disc 2, 146 min.): 11 deleted scenes (18 min. total); outtakes (3 min.); 3 alternate endings (32 min. total); "The last ride : the story of 'The missing'" featurette (6 min.); "New frontiers : making 'The missing'" featurette (29 min.); "The modern western score" featurette (5 min.); "Casting 'The missing'" featurette (16 min.); "Apache language school" featurette (6 min.); 6 brief interviews with Howard on home movies (6 min.), John Wayne (3 min.), editing (2 min.), the filmmaking process (2 min.), his love for westerns (2 min.) & conventions of westerns (3 min.); 3 short western films shot by Howard in 1969: "Deed of daring-do" (3 min.), "Cards, cads, guns, gore, and death--" (2 min.) & "Old Paint" (8 min.); 3 photo galleries ("Cast", "Production", "Location").

Last ride : the story of the missing --New frontiers : making the missing -- Modern Western score -- Casting the missing -- Apache language school -- Deed of Daring Do -- Cards, cads, guns, gore, and death -- Old paint.