"Moses Wine, private detective...so go figure."

1978

1h 48m

5.8(40 votes)

Comedy

Thriller

Mystery

Overview

Private detective Moses Wine is hired by his former college girlfriend to investigate a political smear campaign and he sets out to find out who is responsible, with deadly results.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Richard Dreyfuss

Moses Wine

Susan Anspach

Lila

Bonnie Bedelia

Suzanne

John Lithgow

Sam Sebastian

Ofelia Medina

Alora

Nicolas Coster

Spitzler

F. Murray Abraham

Eppis

Fritz Weaver

Oscar Procari Sr.

Jorge Cervera Jr.

Jorge

Michael Hershewe

Jacob

Creative team

Directed by: Jeremy Kagan
Written by: Roger L. Simon
Produced by: Carl Borack
Richard Dreyfuss

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