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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

Rating: 6.7/10 (172 votes)


Lew Harper Collection

  • Harper

    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

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    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

    Paul Newman

    Lew Harper

  • Lauren Bacall

    Lauren Bacall

    Elaine Sampson

  • Julie Harris

    Julie Harris

    Betty Fraley

  • Arthur Hill

    Arthur Hill

    Albert Graves

  • Janet Leigh

    Janet Leigh

    Susan Harper

  • Pamela Tiffin

    Pamela Tiffin

    Miranda Sampson

  • Robert Wagner

    Robert Wagner

    Allan Taggert

  • Robert Webber

    Robert Webber

    Dwight Troy

  • Shelley Winters

    Shelley Winters

    Fay Estabrook

  • Harold Gould

    Harold Gould

    Sheriff Spanner

  • Roy Jenson

    Roy Jenson

    Puddler

  • Strother Martin

    Strother Martin

    Claude

  • Martin West

    Martin West

    Deputy

  • Jacqueline deWit

    Jacqueline deWit

    Mrs. Kronberg

  • Eugene Iglesias

    Eugene Iglesias

    Felix

  • Richard Carlyle

    Richard Carlyle

    Fred Platt

  • Al Bain

    Al Bain

    Bar Patron (uncredited)

  • Steve Carruthers

    Steve Carruthers

    Bar Patron (uncredited)

  • Gene Coogan

    Gene Coogan

    Immigrant (uncredited)

  • Mary Gregory

    Mary Gregory

    Waitress (uncredited)

  • China Lee

    China Lee

    Dancer (uncredited)

  • Cosmo Sardo

    Cosmo Sardo

    Hotel Clerk (uncredited)