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.

Screenplay

Ross Macdonald

Novel

Tracy Keenan Wynn

Screenplay

Walter Hill

Screenplay

Stuart Rosenberg

Director

Cast

Paul Newman's headshot

Paul Newman

Lew Harper
Joanne Woodward's headshot

Joanne Woodward

Iris
Anthony Franciosa's headshot

Anthony Franciosa

Broussard
Murray Hamilton's headshot

Murray Hamilton

Kilbourne
Gail Strickland's headshot

Gail Strickland

Mavis
Melanie Griffith's headshot

Melanie Griffith

Schuyler
Linda Haynes's headshot

Linda Haynes

Gretchen
Richard Jaeckel's headshot

Richard Jaeckel

Franks

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