Missing Pieces is a 1991 comedy film written and directed by Leonard Stern. Eric Idle plays a former greeting-card writer whose possible inheritance causes him great distress.
This mystery-comedy is about Eric Idle and Robert Wuhl playing an odd couple, Wendel and Lou. A midget lawyer, a one-handed kingpin, and two brothersâÂÂone a crazy photographer and the other a polite antique dealerâÂÂare among the supporting cast. Wendel receives a riddle as a legacy from Mr. Hu, one of his several foster parents who has died. Wendel and his best buddy Lou, who plays the cello, quickly come to the conclusion that the puzzle is only a key to unlocking Wendel's actual inheritance and not Hu's heirloom. They encounter several antagonistic personalities while deciphering the puzzle, nearly all of whom want them dead.
The film opened in theatres on July 17, 1992, and was released on VHS on 20 August 20, 1996.