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About
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.
Theatrical
Jun 11, 1975
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 25, 2025
Theaters
1
Director
Arthur Penn
Producers
Robert M. Sherman, Gene Lasko
Music
Michael Small
Studio
Layton Productions, Hiller Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
Quotes
See all →Unseen Dangers in a Private Eye's Search
Taglines
What private eye Harry Moseby doesn't know about the girl he's looking for... just might get him killed.
Search for Identity and Connection
Taglines
Maybe he would find the girl... maybe he would find himself.
A Casual Introduction Among Friends
Nick
Where do you know Arlene from?
Joey Ziegler
From way back.
Nick
Oh, yeah? What's your name again? Ziegler? Joey Ziegler?
Joey Ziegler
Joey Ziegler.
Nick
I don't think you were one of the names.
Joey Ziegler
What names?
Nick
One of those she cheated on Grastner with. I got them all.
Joey Ziegler
I'm one of a small, select group. We hold meetings in a telephone booth.
Reflections on Significant Historical Events
Paula
Where were you when Kennedy got shot?
Harry Moseby
Which Kennedy?
Paula
Any Kennedy.
Harry Moseby
When the president got shot, I was on my way to San Diego. Football game. When Bobby got shot, I was sitting in a car waiting for a guy to come out of a house with his girlfriend. Working on a divorce case. One of those times I wish I was in another business.
Cast
Full credits →G
Gene Hackman
Harry Moseby
J
Jennifer Warren
Paula
J
John Crawford
Tom Iverson
S
Susan Clark
Ellen Moseby
M
Melanie Griffith
Delilah "Delly" Grastner
E
Edward Binns
Joey Ziegler
H
Harris Yulin
Marty Heller
J
Janet Ward
Arlene Iverson
J
James Woods
Quentin
K
Kenneth Mars
Nick
A
Anthony Costello
Marv Ellman
B
Ben Archibek
Charles
D
Dennis Dugan
boy
C
C.J. Hincks
Girl
M
Max Gail
Stud
L
Larry Mitchell
Ticket Clerk
L
Louie Elias
Cop
