The Drowning Pool
Harper days are here again...
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.
- Genre: Thriller, Mystery
- Studio: First Artists, Coleytown, The Turman-Foster Company, David Foster Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Keyword: private detective, neo-noir, lew harper
- Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Murray Hamilton, Gail Strickland, Melanie Griffith