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: ⭐ 6.6/10 (178 votes)
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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)

Tom Steele
Eddie Rossiter (uncredited)








