Hitch said goodbye to Hollywood with this fast paced and suspenseful west coast comedy thriller, with an evocative flavour of the seventies.
The story of a complicated mystery originating in the deep history of Californian aristocracy revisited in a present day crime in an LA of charlatans, unreliable chauffeurs and dangerous heavies is pure Raymond Chandler and Hitch tells it with a typical lightness of comedic touch. Bruce Dern and (especially) Barbara Harris make for a great pair of screwball leads.
At the end, Hitch bows out with Ms. Harris looking into the camera and winking. It wasn't intended to be his last film, but given that it was, it's a nice sign off.
Excellent good send off for Hitcocks last film.Dern & Harris make a great comedy duo.Black is he r usual dark self.This film should be more widely known.