The Drowning Pool
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.
Top Billed Cast
Paul Newman
Lew Harper
Joanne Woodward
Iris
Anthony Franciosa
Broussard
Murray Hamilton
Kilbourne
Gail Strickland
Mavis
Featured Crew
Lorenzo Semple Jr.
Screenplay
Ross Macdonald
Novel
Tracy Keenan Wynn
Screenplay
Walter Hill
Screenplay
Stuart Rosenberg
Director
Donald Brooks
Wardrobe Designer
Alan Shayne
Casting
David Foster
Producer
John C. Howard
Editor
Lawrence Turman
Producer
Michael Small
Music
Gordon Willis
Director of Photography
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