Movie
The Drowning Pool
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1975-07-18
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Genres
- Thriller, Mystery
- Status
- Released
- Production
- First Artists, Coleytown, The Turman-Foster Company, David Foster Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
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
- Linda Haynes as Gretchen
- Richard Jaeckel as Franks
- Paul Koslo as Candy
- Joe Canutt as Glo
- Andrew Robinson as Pat Reavis
- Coral Browne as Olivia
Crew
- Stuart Rosenberg - Director
- Tracy Keenan Wynn - Screenplay
- Lorenzo Semple Jr. - Screenplay
- Walter Hill - Screenplay
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