![]() ![]() Both locations are presided over by potential surrogate father figures for Delly: kindly stunt supervisor Joey Ziegler (Edward Binns) in the former, predatory stepfather Tom Iverson (John Crawford) in the latter. Hired by retired Hollywood actress Arlene Iverson (Janet Ward) to track down her missing teenage daughter Delly (Melanie Griffith), Harry struggles to piece together the possible links between the New Mexico film set where the girl was last seen and the ramshackle Florida Keys pleasure cruise outfit where she later turns up. overwhelmed by mysteries on both professional and personal fronts. Harry Moseby (Gene Hackman) is a forty-year-old ball player-turned-P.I. The happy confluence of both men’s artistic interests and abilities on Night Moves marked a joint creative highlight before their respective careers took more uncertain turns. ![]() Director Arthur Penn ( Bonnie and Clyde, Little Big Man ) and screenwriter Alan Sharp ( The Hired Hand, Ulzana’s Raid )-had each spent part of the previous decade scrutinizing archetypal figures and genres from the American cinematic past. Although close contemporaries The Long Goodbye (1973) and Chinatown (1974) are lauded more regularly today as exemplary New Hollywood re-imaginings of film noir, Night Moves sits comfortably in such exalted company. Like the titular chess piece that seems to advance head-on before ultimately attacking its prey from the side, Night Moves ends with a pointedly literal image of what the movie has already put right under our noses: the sad sight of a decent man all at sea. Rotter music by Michael Small production direction by George Jenkins starring Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren, Susan Clark, Edward Binns, John Crawford, Janet Ward, and Melanie Griffith. Sherman directed by Arthur Penn screenplay by Alan Sharp cinematography by Bruce Surtees edited by Dede Allen and Stephen A. ![]()
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