The Big Fix (1978 film)

The Big Fix
Theatrical release poster, with the tagline
"...so go figure."
Directed byJeremy Paul Kagan
Written byRoger L. Simon
Based onThe Big Fix
by Roger L. Simon[1]
Produced byCarl Borack
Richard Dreyfuss
StarringRichard Dreyfuss
Susan Anspach
Bonnie Bedelia
John Lithgow
Ofelia Medina
Nicolas Coster
F. Murray Abraham
Fritz Weaver
CinematographyFrank Stanley
Edited byPatrick Kennedy
Music byBill Conti
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Universal Pictures
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • October 6, 1978 (1978-10-06)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3,800,000 (estimated)
Box office$13,000,000 (USA) (October 1978)

The Big Fix is a 1978 American political comedy thriller film directed by Jeremy Kagan and based on the novel by Roger L. Simon, who dramatized his own novel for the screen.[1][2] It stars Richard Dreyfuss as private detective Moses Wine and co-stars Susan Anspach, Bonnie Bedelia, John Lithgow, and F. Murray Abraham.[2]

  1. ^ a b Simon, Roger L. (1973). The Big Fix (1st ed.). San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books. ISBN 978-0879320485.
  2. ^ a b Canby, Vincent (November 19, 1978). "The Big Fix Film Review". The New York Times. New York City. Retrieved June 5, 2015.