The Long Goodbye
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A shaggy Los Angeles private-eye case becomes a study in disillusionment, with the same unhurried investigation, morally murky friendships and fading-noir atmosphere as Night Moves.
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Why this pick
A shaggy Los Angeles private-eye case becomes a study in disillusionment, with the same unhurried investigation, morally murky friendships and fading-noir atmosphere as Night Moves.
Why this pick
Its intricate amateur sleuthing, privileged suspects and steadily tightening web of deception echo Night Moves’ pleasure in following clues into unexpectedly personal danger.
Why this pick
Another sun-bleached California mystery where the investigation matters as much as two damaged men’s uneasy bond, delivered with skeptical, post-noir melancholy.
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For Night Moves’ adult, bruised view of crime: a patient, unsentimental thriller built from compromised people, procedural detail and an inescapable sense of betrayal.
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A restrained seventies paranoia thriller with meticulous investigation, uneasy observation and a protagonist whose professional confidence erodes into moral and emotional isolation.
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01 / THE STORY
Los Angeles private investigator Harry Moseby is hired by a client to find her runaway teenage daughter. Moseby tracks the daughter down, only to stumble upon something much more intriguing and sinister.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

Harry Moseby

Ellen Moseby
Arlene Iverson

Quentin
Marv Ellman
Girl
Stud
Joey Ziegler