![]() ![]() He wears them here with tan socks that effectively continue the leg-line of his trousers into his shoes. He ties them on with flat brown laces, closed-laced through six sets of eyelets that taper toward the toes. With nearly every outfit he wears, Harry sports a pair of well-traveled light brown sneakers with soft leather uppers and thick rubber siped-bottom soles. He holds them up with a wide brown leather belt that closes through a rounded gold single-prong buckle. The flat-front slacks are khaki gabardine, styled with front pockets (but no back pockets) and straight plain-hemmed bottoms. Harry’s next turtleneck is a similarly styled jumper in slate-gray, which we see tucked into his trousers when he leaves Joey Ziegler’s Winnebago, parked at the New Mexico film set. Likely made from merino wool or an acrylic blend, the jumper has a ribbed roll-neck and raglan sleeves. Harry’s forest green turtleneck coordinates the earth tones of his outfit while avoiding all-brown. Harry projects affability while confronting the man who’s been sleeping with his wife. The back is detailed with a single pointed yoke and double vents, and each set-in sleeve closes at the squared cuff with a single snap. Most consistent with this quasi-military styling are the four inverted box-pleat patch pockets-two on the chest aligned with the horizontal yoke, two larger pockets over the hips-that each close with a gently pointed flap. The hip-length jacket follows a simplified approach to the military-inspired sensibilities of then-fashionable safari jackets, albeit without the extraneous shoulder straps, pleats, or belts that characterized the oft-criticized safari style of the ’70s. The edges are stitched with half-inch seams in a subtly contrasting tan thread. ![]() The lightweight jacket appears to be self-lined with the smooth side of the leather. Made of a rich tobacco brown suede, the hip-length jacket has a large collar-consistent with trending fashions from the “disco decade”-and six large convex copper poppers (or snaps) up the front placket. ![]() What’d He Wear?Īside from his tweed jacket and tie worn for Night Moves‘ earliest scenes, Harry Moseby dresses casually for his day-to-day casework, including this frequently seen suede jacket that anchors most of his wardrobe before he travels to Florida. and Delly’s washed-up mother Arlene (Janet Ward), who sets Harry on track to visit the Florida Keys where her ex-husband-Delly’s stepfather-captains a charter boat. The search grows cold, so Harry returns to L.A. Meanwhile, the search for Delly leads him from a pestilent local mechanic, Quentin (James Woods), to a movie set in New Mexico, where he’s briefly the guest of stunt coordinator Joey Ziegler (Edward Binns). In between following leads in search of the teen runaway Delly Gratsner (Melanie Griffith), Harry confronts Marty, but he isn’t looking to fight… he just wants to get a sense of the man his wife has chosen over him. Unlike the fast-quipping gumshoes of classic noir in their trench coats and fedoras, there’s little that’s aspiration about Harry’s life, which consists primarily of working cases for aged starlets or disappointing his wife Ellen (Susan Clark), whom he recently learned has been having an affair with the hobbling artist Marty Heller (Harris Yulin).Īverting a connection that might have tempted lesser movies, neither his latest missing-persons case nor his wife’s affair are related instead, both merely co-exist to compose the moldy fabric of Harry Moseby’s sad life. Five years earlier, this type of character may have been styled in the manner of the cooler-than-cool Steve McQueen archetype, but the tumultuous half-decade that passed between the production of Bullitt and Night Moves saw waves of political assassinations, civil unrest, disillusionment in Vietnam, and post-Watergate paranoia that shifted the zeitgeist to a pessimistic cynicism that permeated much of ’70s cinema.Ī decade after his career with the Oakland Raiders, Harry Moseby’s best days are well behind him as he continues eking out a living as a shabby Hollywood private eye, entertaining himself by playing chess on the passenger seat of his Mustang. He may wear rollnecks and drive a green ’68 Mustang, but Harry Moseby ain’t no Frank Bullitt. ![]() Gene Hackman as Harry Moseby, private detective and former professional football playerĬostume Supervisor: Rita Riggs Background Gene Hackman as Harry Moseby in Night Moves (1975) Vitals ![]()
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