Harry returns to Florida, where he finds the body of Quentin floating in Tom's dolphin pen. Quentin manages to escape before Harry can learn more. Harry tracks down Quentin, who denies being the killer, but tells him that Marv Ellman was the dead pilot in the plane and that Ellman was involved in smuggling. Arlene now stands to inherit her daughter's wealth.
He goes to the home of Arlene Iverson and finds her drunk by the pool, not particularly grief-stricken over the death of her daughter. Joey lets him view footage of the crash, which raises Harry's suspicions about Quentin the mechanic.
#NIGHT MOVES CAST DRIVER#
Harry questions the driver of the car, Joey, who was injured. He tells his wife he will give up the agency, something she has wanted him to do for a long time, but then he learns that Delly has been killed in a car accident on the set of a movie. After he drops her off at her California home, he still is uneasy about the case, but focuses on patching up his own marriage.
Harry persuades Delly to return to her mother in California. Later that night she visits Harry's cabin and the two make love.
Paula marks the spot with a buoy, and when they return to shore, she appears to report the find to the Coast Guard. Harry, Paula, and Delly take a boat trip to go swimming, but Delly becomes distraught when she finds the submerged wreckage of a small plane with the decomposing body of the pilot inside. Harry finds Delly staying with Tom and his girlfriend Paula. Harry suspects that Delly may be trying to seduce her mother's ex-lovers and travels to the Florida Keys, where her stepfather Tom Iverson lives. Before returning to Los Angeles, Harry is surprised to see Quentin working on Marv's stunt plane. He travels to the film location and talks to Marv and stunt coordinator Joey Ziegler. Harry realizes that the injuries to Quentin's face are from fighting the stuntman and sympathizes with his bitterness towards Delly. Quentin tells Harry that he last saw Delly at a New Mexico film location, where she started flirting with one of Arlene's old flames, stuntman Marv Ellman. Arlene gives Harry the name of one of Delly's friends in Los Angeles, a mechanic called Quentin. Arlene's only source of income is her daughter's trust fund, but it requires Delly to be living with her. He discovers that his wife Ellen is having an affair with a man named Marty Heller.Īging former actress Arlene Iverson hires Harry to find her 16-year-old daughter Delly Grastner.
#NIGHT MOVES CAST PROFESSIONAL#
Harry Moseby is a retired professional football player now working as a private investigator in Los Angeles. In 2010, Manohla Dargis described it as "the great, despairing Night Moves (1975), with Gene Hackman as a private detective who ends up circling the abyss, a no‑exit comment on the post-1968, post- Watergate times." Plot The original screenplay is by Scottish writer Alan Sharp.Īlthough Night Moves was not considered particularly successful at the time of its release, it has attracted viewers and significant critical attention following its videotape and DVD releases. The film has been called "a seminal modern noir work from the 1970s", which refers to its relationship with the film noir tradition of detective films. Hackman was nominated for a BAFTA Award for his portrayal of private investigator Harry Moseby.
#NIGHT MOVES CAST MOVIE#
Its plot follows a Los Angeles private investigator who uncovers a series of sinister events while searching for the missing teenage daughter of a former movie actress. Night Moves is a 1975 American neo-noir film directed by Arthur Penn, and starring Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren, Susan Clark, with supporting performances from Melanie Griffith and James Woods.
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