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Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Anspach, Bonnie Bedelia, John Lithgow, Ofelia Medina ... see more see more... , F Murray Abraham , Nicolas Coster , Fritz Weaver , Jorge Cervera Jr. , Michael Hershewe , Rita Karin , Larry Bishop , Andrew Bloch , Harry Caesar , Sidney Clute , John Cunningham , Frank Doubleday , Joyce Easton , David Gale , Martin Garner , Kathryn Grody , Murray MacLeod , David Matthau , Bob O'Connell , Lupe Ontiveros , Mandy Patinkin , Ron Rifkin , David Rowlands , Al Ruban , Miiko Taka , Joe Warfield , Dick Whittington , James Wing Woo , Billy Cardenas , William Glover , Chester Grimes , Caskey Swaim , Gregory Prentiss , Pat Hustis

Richard Dreyfuss plays Moses Wine, an ex-Sixties radical who pays the bills as a private eye. Wine is hired to stem a smear campaign against a popular political candidate. Gradually the plot thickens ... read more read more...into a murder case, involving a hippie leader whose values, like Wine's, have been severely compromised over the years - and who plans to blow up a major LA freeway as a protest. Susan Anspach provides a great deal of dramatic (and sexual) tension as Wine's boss. Among the minor players are future stars Mandy Patinkin and F. Murray Abraham. The Big Fix was adapted by Roger L. Simon from his own novel. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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PG, 1 hr. 48 min.

Directed by: Jeremy Kagan

Release Date: October 6, 1978

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  • GruVmooV
    October 12, 2007
    GruVmooV
    Dreyfuss as a 60's revolutionary holdover. Look for small bit by F.Murray Abraham as a Abbie Hoffman type.

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Adam Lippe
June 30, 2011
Adam Lippe, Examiner.com

The wonderful irony is that Dreyfuss is able to blackmail all his former revolutionary friends by threatening to tell everyone all the good things they were a part of. No one needs to know that they m... Full Review

Dennis Schwartz
June 8, 2006
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Never makes its case why we should care about it. Full Review

Pablo Villaca
February 18, 2004
Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena

Um detetive politizado que chora ao relembrar os ideais abandonados e que leva seus dois filhos pequenos para ajudá-lo em suas investigações? Só mesmo nos anos 70, bicho!

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
January 24, 2004
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

The Big Fix is a lively Western in the Dashielle Hammet style. Full Review

February 23, 2012
Variety

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May 19, 2011
Screen International

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