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“C’mon! Take a swing at me the way Sam Spade would!”
A Detective Story Lost in the Florida Sun
Night Moves emerged from the politically charged atmosphere of early 1970s Hollywood, with screenwriter Alan Sharp crafting a neo-noir that deliberately subverted detective story conventions. Filmed in fall 1973 but delayed until 1975, Arthur Penn's direction paired Gene Hackman with Jennifer Warren in what would become a fascinating study of post-Watergate disillusionment wrapped in sun-drenched Florida locations rather than traditional noir shadows. Join us—Pete Wright and Andy Nelson—for this…
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