The Drowning Pool
1975/07/18 (US) | Thriller, Mystery
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.
Walter Hill
Screenplay
Stuart Rosenberg
Director
Tracy Keenan Wynn
Screenplay
Lorenzo Semple Jr.
Screenplay
Lead Cast
Paul Newman
Lew Harper
Joanne Woodward
Iris
Anthony Franciosa
Broussard
Murray Hamilton
Kilbourne
Gail Strickland
Mavis
Melanie Griffith
Schuyler
Linda Haynes
Gretchen
Budget
$ 2,700,000
Revenue
$ 2,600,000
Status
Released
Production Company
- First Artists
- Coleytown
- The Turman-Foster Company
- David Foster Productions
Crews
Ross Macdonald
Novel
Donald Brooks
Wardrobe Designer
Paul Sylbert
Production Design
John C. Howard
Editor