Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case, as a former Hollywood actress whose only major roles came thanks to being married to a studio mogul wants Moseby to find and return her daughter. Harry travels to Florida to find her, but he begins to see a connection between the runaway girl, the world of Hollywood stuntmen, and a suspicious mechanic when an unsolved murder comes to light.
Gene Hackman
as Harry Moseby
Jennifer Warren
as Paula
Edward Binns
as Joey Ziegler
Susan Clark
as Ellen Moseby
Harris Yulin
as Marty Heller
Kenneth Mars
as Nick
Janet Ward
as Arlene Iverson
James Woods
as Quentin
Anthony Costello
as Marv Ellman
John Crawford
as Tom Iverson
Melanie Griffith
as Delilah "Delly" Grastner
Ben Archibek
as Charles