The Drowning Pool

6.3 / 10

(122 votes)

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Thriller,

Mystery

Duration:

109 minutes

Year:

1975

Director:

Stuart Rosenberg

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Company:

First Artists,

Coleytown,

The Turman-Foster Company,

David Foster Productions,

Warner Bros. Pictures

Budget:

$2,700,000

Revenue:

$2,600,000

Cast:
Paul Newman

Lew Harper

Joanne Woodward

Iris

Anthony Franciosa

Broussard

Murray Hamilton

Kilbourne

Gail Strickland

Mavis

Crew:
Stuart Rosenberg

Director

Tracy Keenan Wynn

Screenplay

Lorenzo Semple Jr.

Screenplay

Walter Hill

Screenplay

Ross Macdonald

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