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6.3Harper 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.
Released: 1975-07-18109 minDir: Stuart RosenbergThriller, MysteryBudget: $2.7MBox office: $2.6MPart of: Lew Harper Collection
Cast
- Paul Newman as Lew Harper
- Joanne Woodward as Iris
- Anthony Franciosa as Broussard
- Murray Hamilton as Kilbourne
- Gail Strickland as Mavis
- Melanie Griffith as Schuyler
Themes
- private detective
- neo-noir
- lew harper
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- mystery film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Stuart Rosenberg
- Screenwriter
- Walter Hill
- Cast member
- Paul Koslo
- Composer
- Michael Small
- Producer
- David Foster
- Production company
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Gordon Willis
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Filming location
- New Orleans
- Duration
- 109
- FilmAffinity ID
- 819414
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1978-08-10
- title
- The Drowning Pool
- after a work by
- Ross Macdonald
- distributed by
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- review score
- 53%
- capital cost
- 2700000
- box office
- 2600000
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