Movie
The Drowning Pool
Harper days are here again...
Harper is brought to Louisiana to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her daughter. He eventually finds himself caught in a power struggle between the matriarch of the family and a greedy oil baron, who wants their property. Poor Harper! Things are not as straight-forward as they initially appeared.
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Synopsis
Harper is brought to Louisiana to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her daughter. He eventually finds himself caught in a power struggle between the matriarch of the family and a greedy oil baron, who wants their property. Poor Harper! Things are not as straight-forward as they initially appeared.
More about The Drowning Pool
Cast
Paul NewmanLew Harper
Joanne WoodwardIris
Anthony FranciosaBroussard
Murray HamiltonKilbourne
Gail StricklandMavis
Melanie GriffithSchuyler
Linda HaynesGretchen
Richard JaeckelFranksCredits
- Directed by
- Stuart Rosenberg
- Written by
- Walter Hill, Lorenzo Semple Jr., Tracy Keenan Wynn, Ross Macdonald
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Collection
- Lew Harper Collection
- Budget
- $2.7M
- Box office
- $2.6M
Production
First ArtistsUnited States- Coleytown
- The Turman-Foster CompanyUnited States
- David Foster ProductionsUnited States
Warner Bros. PicturesUnited States
