

The Drowning Pool (1975)
- PG
- 06/25/1975 (US)
- Thriller, Mystery
- 1h 49m
Harper days are here again...
Overview
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.
Lorenzo Semple Jr.
ScreenplayRoss Macdonald
NovelTracy Keenan Wynn
ScreenplayWalter Hill
ScreenplayStuart Rosenberg
DirectorCast

Paul Newman
Lew Harper
Joanne Woodward
Iris
Anthony Franciosa
Broussard
Murray Hamilton
Kilbourne
Gail Strickland
Mavis
Melanie Griffith
Schuyler
Linda Haynes
Gretchen