Movie · Lew Harper Collection

The Drowning Pool (1975)

• PG
• July 18, 1975
• 1h 49m

• Thriller
• Mystery

“Harper days are here again...”

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.

Director

Stuart Rosenberg

Writers

Tracy Keenan Wynn, Lorenzo Semple Jr., Walter Hill, Ross Macdonald

Starring

Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Richard Derr