Moonlighting (1985)

After she discovers that her accountant has embezzled all her liquid assets, a former high fashion model (Cybill Shepherd) attempts to shut down a detective agency that was a tax write off. But the agency's head (Bruce Willis) tries to convince her to keep the agency open. Complications ensue when they find themselves accidentally embroiled in a murder case and a watch that seems to have no value yet several people are willing to kill for it. Directed by Robert Butler (THE BLUE KNIGHT), this two hour movie served as the pilot for the series MOONLIGHTING that would go on to have a four year run. I never watched the series myself and this telefilm isn't particularly well written so I don't know if the writing improved during its run. Based on the evidence on display here, I suspect what made the show a success was the terrific chemistry between Shepherd and Willis. They're hardly Tracy and Hepburn or even a Rock Hudson and Doris Day but they're both sexy, have a strong screen presence and the sexual tension between them is palpable though reputedly, they didn't always get along. With James Karen, Robert Ellenstein, Allyce Beasley and Dennis Lipscomb who's perfectly dreadful as one of the villains in a performance I still don't know if we're supposed to take seriously.