The 1991 film features a "dynamite" performance by Sally Field as Betty and Alfred Molina as her husband. Where to Find It

Not Without My Daughter is a 1987 memoir by Betty Mahmoody, later adapted into a 1991 film starring Sally Field and Alfred Molina. The story follows Betty, an American woman married to an Iranian doctor, Moody (Sayyed Bozorg Mahmoody). During a two-week vacation to Iran to meet his family, Moody announces that the family is staying permanently. Betty and her four-year-old daughter, Mahtob, are held against their will in Tehran, subjected to emotional abuse, legal threats, and constant surveillance.