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.
"Maybe he would find the girl... maybe he would find himself."
Top Billed Cast
Gene Hackman
Harry Moseby
Jennifer Warren
Paula
John Crawford
Tom Iverson
Susan Clark
Ellen Moseby
Melanie Griffith
Delilah "Delly" Grastner
Edward Binns
Joey Ziegler
Harris Yulin
Marty Heller
Janet Ward
Arlene Iverson
Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews
J John ChardVerified TMDB Critic
2014-09-25
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, Ha...
D Dr NostromoVerified TMDB Critic
2026-01-07
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. -- DrNostrom...
