The trailer above gives this away but its only the first instance where Moseby is unaware of what goes on around him. Moseby’s lack of awareness is presented early on when (MILD SPOILERS) Moseby quite by accident (again, showing his general lack of awareness) find out his wife is cheating on him. I suppose I’m spoiling things a bit by saying the case he’s involved in does eventually get ”solved”, but if one thinks about it Moseby’s presence may have made things far worse for everyone concerned rather than any better. This is the central theme of Night Moves, though its presentation is done in sometimes very subtle ways. Harry Moseby is an intelligent man who tries his best to do what’s right but, in the course of the movie, we find he’s misses things that us regular mere mortals would likely also miss. Regarding the later, they often see through situations and other characters with an almost god-like understanding. They are often very sardonic/sarcastic but insightful. Women are attracted to them and they know how to use their fists and/or weapons. If you’ve followed these classic detective works, there are certain things many of the detectives in the works have. He wasn’t in the class of a, say, Inspector Clouseau and the film does not ridicule his faults, but this winds up being an interesting reversal of one of the more standard cliches of the pulp detective fiction genre. I recalled that, while he was a very decent man and he tried very hard to do what was right, he missed clues, both subtle and obvious. Still, it’s the alluring Griffith who ultimately anchors the film, the last innocent among a group involved in betrayal, revenge and murder.What I remembered about Night Moves was that Gene Hackman’s detective character, Harry Moseby, was something of a failure as a detective. As with all great film noir, the story takes many twists and turns as the true motives of the cast become clear…the film is directed by Arthur Penn, who made Bonnie & Clyde – and has a great cast including the young Griffith and a young James Woods as well. He even found time to star in the box office smash The Poseidon Adventure!Īs Private Detective Moseby travels to Florida to find the missing girl, he begins to see a connection with the runaway girl, the world of Hollywood stuntmen, and a suspicious mechanic when an unsolved murder comes to light. This is Gene Hackman’s golden decade in film, beginning with The French Connection and The Conversation. She appears a few times topless in the movie, as she tries to seduce the Detective. She plays the role with a fresh innocence – but has a little bit of naughtiness as well. Griffith was either 16 years old or a very young 17 when she appeared in Night Moves. Melanie makes quite a screen debut, as a spoiled rich girl who is VERY comfortable in front of Hackman. The stepdaughter is played by Melanie Griffith, in her first movie role. Night Moves is a terrific action film noir from 1975 – Gene Hackman plays private detective Harry Moseby, who gets hired by an aging Hollywood Actress to find her stepdaughter. Melanie Griffith has been in a number of great films, such as Working Girl – and a few that weren’t so great, such as The Bonfire Of The Vanities – but she got her start working with the best in the business.
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