Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
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. | |
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Jorge Cervera Jr. | ... | Jorge |
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Michael Hershewe | ... | Jacob |
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Rita Karin | ... | Aunt Sonya |
Ron Rifkin | ... | Randy | |
Larry Bishop | ... | Wilson | |
Andrew Bloch | ... | Michael Linker | |
Sidney Clute | ... | Mr. Johnson |
In Los Angeles, Moses Wine, who was part of the counter-culture of the late 1960s at UC-Berkeley, still has those radical feelings but no longer does anything about them. His wife Suzanne, who has transformed from a 1960s hippie to a 1970s new-ageist, divorced him when his law school background didn't materialize into the upper middle class liberal life she was expecting, she having sole custody of their two young sons, with Moses having visitation rights. Moses fell into work as a private investigator of the gumshoe variety, which usually doesn't cover his monthly child support payments. After not seeing her for ten years, Moses is contacted by Lila Shea, an old girlfriend from Berkeley, to do some investigative work on behalf of her boss, Sam Sebastian, the Southern California coordinator for the gubernatorial campaign of Congressman Miles Hawthorne. Lila felt Moses would be well suited to the job because of running within "the" crowd at Berkeley, even if only knowing the main ... Written by Huggo
I am a fan of the 1970s semi-genre of throw-back style detective movies. My favorites are Robert Benton's "The Late Show" and Robert Altman's "The Long Goodbye". "The Big Fix" doesn't come close to those films. It's watchable but only barely. Richard Dreyfuss does a nice job but the story is weak and uninteresting. Dreyfuss' character is strong but he's surrounded by a bunch of bland or unnecessary supporting characters. "The Big Fix" does have a few nice moments but not enough to make it worth while. Dishonorable mention: the annoying Aunt.