In the weakest of his four "H" films ("The Hustler," "Hud", and "Hombre" are the others), Newman plays a private eye seeking a missing person. Newman is pretty good, although the character is not really well developed. Of the large all-star supporting cast, Bacall comes off best as the sassy woman who hires Newman to find her husband. Hill is also fine as a lawyer who has the hots for wild thing Tiffin. However, all that star power is undermined by a lackluster script, journeyman direction, and drab cinematography. A typical TV cop show has a more compelling plot than this one. It seems to wander aimlessly before reaching an unsatisfactory conclusion.