Maybe he would find the girl... maybe he would find himself.
Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case - a former Hollywood actress 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.
Log it
Sign in to log this.
Character
Grave, classical in form, bleak and nostalgic.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- contemporarynostalgic
- resolvedopen-ended
Who loves it, who doesn't
No profiled raters yet.
Where do you stand?
Answer first; then see how everyone, and your circle, split.
“Is Gene Hackman the best thing in Night Moves?”
Sign in to answer.
Be the first to answer.
“Is this Arthur Penn's best work?”
Sign in to answer.
Be the first to answer.
“Does the ending land?”
Sign in to answer.
Be the first to answer.
Ask the title
A yes-or-no question, answered from what people wrote here, on TMDB and on Wikipedia. Never made up.
Reviews
No reviews yet.
Reviews on TMDB
Written by TMDB members; each links to the original. Not part of Tastebuds's numbers.
- John Chardon TMDB · Sep 20149/10
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, Harry dives into the Grasten case with determination. Unfortunately nothing is as it first seems and it's not long before Harry is mired in murky goings on... It sounds kind of bleak. Or is it just the way you tell it? The locale is often bright and sunny but that's about the only thing that is in this excellent neo-noir. Harking back, and doffing its cap towards, the noir detective films of the classic cycle, Night Moves is ripe with characters who are either dubious or damaged. Protagonist Harry Moseby is thrust into a melancholic world that he has no control over, but he doesn't know this fact. As
Read the whole review on TMDB - Dr Nostromoon TMDB · Jan 20267/10
67/100 A P.I. is hired to find a missing girl but there's more going on than just that. This was a thoroughly solid drama with excellent acting and writing all around. What was really nice was the P.I. Moseby character. Rather than play the stereotypical hard drinking, morally questionable guy ready for conflict, Gene Hackman gave us a genuinely nice guy full of empathy and a need to do the right thing, regardless of where it goes. Even his discovery of his wife's infidelity is treated with maturity and constraint. Really a unique character and overall, a great character study. -- DrNostromo.com
Read the whole review on TMDB
Cast
- Gene HackmanHarry Moseby
- Jennifer WarrenPaula
- John CrawfordTom Iverson
- Susan ClarkEllen Moseby
- Melanie GriffithDelilah "Delly" Grastner
- Edward BinnsJoey Ziegler
- Harris YulinMarty Heller
- Janet WardArlene Iverson
- James WoodsQuentin
- Kenneth MarsNick
Crew
- Arthur PennDirector
- Alan SharpWriter
- Bruce SurteesDirector of Photography
- Michael SmallOriginal Music Composer
- Dede AllenEditor
- Stephen A. RotterEditor
- Robert M. ShermanProducer
Where to watch
Checking availability…
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Tastebuds Other media included when they land close.
The Big Gundown 196779% alikeBoth classical in form, grave.
Hollywoodland 200677% alikeBoth grave, classical in form.
Face to Face 196777% alikeBoth grave.
The Last Valley 197176% alikeBoth classical in form, grave.
Bad Company 197275% alikeBoth grave, classical in form.
High Plains Drifter 197375% alikeBoth grave.
Easy Rider 196975% alikeBoth grave.
The Missouri Breaks 197674% alikeBoth classical in form, grave.
Savoir-Faire 200278% alikeGame · Both classical in form, grave.
Life on Mars 200676% alikeTelevision · Close across the board.
Often watched with
Recommendations from TMDB. Opening one adds it to Tastebuds
