Night Moves( 1975)

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Maybe he would find the girl... maybe he would find himself.

Overview

Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case, as a former Hollywood actress whose only major roles came thanks to being married to a studio mogul wants Moseby to find and return her daughter. Harry travels to Florida to find her, but he begins to see a connection between the runaway girl, the world of Hollywood stuntmen, and a suspicious mechanic when an unsolved murder comes to light.

Top Billed Cast

Gene Hackman
Harry Moseby
Jennifer Warren
Paula
Edward Binns
Joey Ziegler
Susan Clark
Ellen Moseby
Harris Yulin
Marty Heller
Kenneth Mars
Nick
Janet Ward
Arlene Iverson
James Woods
Quentin
Anthony Costello
Marv Ellman
John Crawford
Tom Iverson
Melanie Griffith
Delilah "Delly" Grastner
Ben Archibek
Charles
Dennis Dugan
boy
C.J. Hincks
Girl
Max Gail
Stud
Susan Barrister
Ticket Clerk
Larry Mitchell
Ticket Clerk
Louie Elias
Cop

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Thu Sep 25 2014

Take a swing at me Harry the way Sam Spade would. Night Moves is directed by Arthur Penn and written by Alan Sharp. It stars Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren, Susan Clark, James Woods, Melanie Griffith, Edward Binns, Harris Yulin, Kenneth Mars and Janet Ward. Music is by Michael Small and cinematography by Bruce Surtees. Former footballer turned private detective in Los Angeles Harry Moseby (Hackman), gets hired by an ageing actress to track down her trust-funded daughter Delly Grastner (Griffith), who is known to be in Florida. With his own personal life shaken by his wife's infidelity, Har...