Summary
Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an illegal-alien smuggling ring.
Details
Release Date: February 22, 1966
Runtime: 121 minutes
Genres: Mystery, Crime, Thriller
Original Language: EN
Rating: ⭐ 6.7/10 (172 votes)
Lew Harper Collection
Harper
Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an illegal-alien smuggling ring.
The Drowning Pool
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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Cast
Paul Newman
Lew Harper
Lauren Bacall
Elaine Sampson
Julie Harris
Betty Fraley
Arthur Hill
Albert Graves
Janet Leigh
Susan Harper
Pamela Tiffin
Miranda Sampson
Robert Wagner
Allan Taggert
Robert Webber
Dwight Troy
Shelley Winters
Fay Estabrook
Harold Gould
Sheriff Spanner
Roy Jenson
Puddler
Strother Martin
Claude
Martin West
Deputy
Jacqueline deWit
Mrs. Kronberg
Eugene Iglesias
Felix
Richard Carlyle
Fred Platt
Al Bain
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Gene Coogan
Immigrant (uncredited)
Mary Gregory
Waitress (uncredited)
China Lee
Dancer (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)