Critics usually cite The Long Goodbye as the end of the private detective film, but I would argue Arthur Penn's Night Moves is really the end of this genre.
Gene Hackman is Harry Moseby an independent investigator who is searching for a missing teenager played by Melanie Griffith who is basically a piece of jail bait in some of the film's most uncomfortable scenes. Moseby is a smart guy but he gets involved in a case where he is in way over his head. The film also spends a lot of time on Moseby's troubled marriage.
Arthur Penn was a theatrical director who made some interesting films chiefly Bonnie and Clyde. He never had the big commercial success after that film but his resume has some very quirky stuff on it. This film is certainly one of them.
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