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...Dreadful Lemon Sky, MacDonald...
...MacDonald (6) 10-The Boat, Buchheim...
...Harper is Ross Macdonald's introverted detective, whose influence is heavily felt in Night Moves (TIME, July 21). Harper is the original Archer, except for his name, which was changed because Newman's most successful movies always had that lucky H in the title (The Hustler, Hud). Newman is generally amusing and attractive to watch, even when he is chomping gum rather than establishing any stronger character points. His role demands only that he ask questions and piece together one of those traditional Macdonald puzzles about sudden death and damaged children...
Harry Moseby (Gene Hackman) is almost indistinguishable from Novelist Macdonald's Lew Archer. Both are wearily honest Los Angeles private eyes, suffering the aftereffects of maimed childhoods but determined to remain loners in a corporate society. Archer's marriage, of course, went on the rocks before we met him, but Harry's is surely heading in that direction. Harry believes his wife (Susan Clark) may be fooling around. He shadows her like a suspect, confronts her like a criminal, and they make an uneasy peace. The main case Harry takes up, however, could have come straight from...
...MacDonald (8) 7-The Massacre at Fall Creek...