1/3/2024 0 Comments Night moves 1975 dvdrip avc![]() ![]() ![]() With crime rings, murder, unexpected plot twists, an overall dark mood, and tawdry sex, NIGHT MOVES is a top-notch entry in the detective movie genre. Arthur Penn's direction is taut, evoking the atmosphere of classic noir thrillers such as THE MALTESE FALCON and DOUBLE INDEMNITY to great effect. Night Moves (1975) Explained After Dellamorte Dellamore/Cemetery Man, Im going to give my take on this obscure classic. Melanie Griffith is also a standout in her movie debut as Delly, the promiscuous Lolita whom Harry is sent to find. Underage girl behaves very seductively with an older man by leaning over, revealing down-shirt view. Stepfather as much as admits hes had sex with his underage stepdaughter. In a crowded bar, man gropes a womans rear end while commenting publicly on it. Hackman is excellent as the somewhat soft-boiled detective who's job is making him increasingly paranoid. Man brags about having had sex with both mother and underage daughter. The inexperienced gumshoe finds himself totally out of his league as he is caught in the middle of this dangerous web of lies and murder. Soon Harry finds himself embroiled in a mystery that leads to smuggling rings, double-crosses, and seductions. Days later she turns up dead and Harry suspects foul play. Roger Ebert said understanding the entire plot of this film is missing the point, and he's probably right. He locates the girl and brings her back home, despite the girl's protests. Night Moves (1975) Explained After Dellamorte Dellamore/Cemetery Man, I'm going to give my take on this obscure classic. When a wealthy woman hires him to track down her missing daughter, Harry believes it to be just another missing-persons case. Most of his cases are routine and very dull. Gene Hackman is Harry Moseby, a cut-rate private detective who just isn't very good at what he does. Title (Brazil): "Um Lance no Escuro" ("A Bid in the Dark") Note: On 26 October 2014 I saw this movie again on DVD and now my vote is eight.Done in the classic film-noir style of 1940s crime dramas, NIGHT MOVES continues the tradition of hard-boiled detectives, twisting plots, and dark themes. It is also great to see again the gorgeous vanished actresses Jennifer Warren and Susan Clark. ![]() If you like movies like The Long Goodbye, theres a great chance you will love Night Moves. It has a great little mystery, and a lot of twists. It is also interesting to see James Woods also in the beginning of career in a supporting role. Night Moves features early roles from Melanie Griffith and James Woods. The 18 year-old Melanie Griffith in her first credited role is extremely sexy and beautiful, undressing easily along the film. The top-notch actor Gene Hackman in the top of his successful career performs a detective that snoops the lives of other people and is incapable to see that his marriage is deteriorating. "Night Moves" is a different and complex detective story, supported by an engaging and flawed screenplay and great characters development. With the recent death of Arthur Penn, I decide to see again "Night Moves", a movie that I watched in the 80's and was forgotten in my collection. But sooner he finds that the initially missing person case is actually a complex smuggling operation of a valuable artifact. Although 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. When Harry learns that Delly has died in a car crash, he suspects of Quinten. Harry and Ellen have a long conversation trying to solve their marriage problems. After seeing an accident in the sea, the reluctant Delly surprisingly accepts to return to Los Angeles with Harry to live with her mother. Harry is welcomed by Paula (Jennifer Warren), who works with Tom in a boat and has an open relationship with him. Then he visits the stuntman Marv Ellman (Anthony Costello) and the stunt coordinator Joey Ziegler (Ed Binn) and follows the new lead, heading to Florida Keys, where Delly would be living with her stepfather Tom Iverson (John Crawford). Meanwhile, Harry finds that his wife Ellen Moseby (Susan Clark) is cheating him and he has difficulties to handle the situation. Harry discovers that the runaway girl has a promiscuous life and uses drugs, and he tracks down her last boyfriend Quinten (James Woods), who works as a mechanic on the sets. In Los Angeles, the private detective and former athlete Harry Moseby (Gene Hackman) is hired by the retired obscure Hollywood actress Arlene Iverson (Janet Ward) to find her 16 year-old missing daughter Delly Grastner (Melanie Griffith). ![]()
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