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About
Private detective Moses Wine is hired by his former college girlfriend to investigate a political smear campaign and he sets out to find out who is responsible, with deadly results.
Theatrical
Oct 6, 1978
Box Office
$13.0M
Budget
$3.8M
Return
3.4x
Director
Writer
Producers
Sue DiPuccio, Carl Borack, Richard Dreyfuss
Music
Studio
Universal Pictures
Keywords
Quotes
See all →A Memory in a Hearse
Moses Wine
The last I saw you, we were in the back of a Chrysler hearse.
Lila Shea
Cadillac hearse.
Moses Wine
Cadillac hearse, across from People's Park.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Speed and Skill in Writing Copy
Howard Eppis
Hey, man! I can write copy faster than any alcoholic on this floor!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →R
Richard Dreyfuss
Moses Wine
S
Susan Anspach
Lila
B
Bonnie Bedelia
Suzanne
J
John Lithgow
Sam Sebastian
O
Ofelia Medina
Alora
N
Nicolas Coster
Spitzler
F
F. Murray Abraham
Eppis
F
Fritz Weaver
Oscar Procari Sr.
J
Jorge Cervera Jr.
Jorge
M
Michael Hershewe
Jacob
R
Rita Karin
Aunt Sonya
R
Ron Rifkin
Randy
L
Larry Bishop
Wilson
A
Andrew Bloch
Michael Linker
S
Sidney Clute
Mr. Johnson
J
John Cunningham
Hawthorne
F
Frank Doubleday
Jonah's Partner
J
Joyce Easton
Woman in Mercedes
M
Martin Garner
Bittleman
D
Danny Gellis
Simon
