The Drowning Pool (1975)
Harper days are here again...
108 min
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.
- Release date
- June 25, 1975
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $2,700,000
- Box office
- $2,600,000
Trailer
Cast
- Paul Newman as Lew Harper
- Joanne Woodward as Iris Devereaux
- Anthony Franciosa as Chief Broussard
- Murray Hamilton as J. Hugh Kilbourne
- Gail Strickland as Mavis Kilbourne
- Melanie Griffith as Schuyler Devereaux
- Linda Haynes as Gretchen
- Richard Jaeckel as Lt. Franks
- Paul Koslo as Candy
- Joe Canutt as Glo
Crew
- Stuart Rosenberg · Director
- Tracy Keenan Wynn · Writer
- Lorenzo Semple Jr. · Writer
- Walter Hill · Writer
- Ross Macdonald · Writer
- David Foster · Producer
- Lawrence Turman · Producer
- Michael Small · Composer
- Gordon Willis · Cinematographer
- John C. Howard · Editor
- Alan Shayne · Casting director
- Paul Sylbert · Production designer