A big-city private detective travels to the Deep South to help out an old girlfriend who is worried that her husband will find out that she is cheating on him.
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Stuart Rosenberg
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Paul Newman | ... | Lew Harper | |
| Joanne Woodward | ... | Iris Devereaux | |
| Anthony Franciosa | ... | Broussard (as Tony Franciosa) | |
| Murray Hamilton | ... | J.J. Kilbourne | |
| Gail Strickland | ... | Mavis Kilbourne | |
| Melanie Griffith | ... | Schuyler Devreaux | |
| Linda Haynes | ... | Gretchen | |
| Richard Jaeckel | ... | Franks | |
| Paul Koslo | ... | Candy | |
| Joe Canutt | ... | Glo | |
| Andrew Robinson | ... | Pat Reavis (as Andy Robinson) | |
| Coral Browne | ... | Olivia Devereaux | |
| Richard Derr | ... | James Devereaux | |
| Helena Kallianiotes | ... | Elaine Reavis | |
| Leigh French | ... | Red Head | |
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Harper is brought to Louisiana bayou country to help out an old girlfriend who is worried that her husband will find out that she is cheating on him. What is more, he finds himself caught in a power struggle between the matriarch of the family and a greedy oil baron, who wants her property. Poor Harper! Things are not as straight-forward as they initially appeared. Written by Alfred Jingle
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Just a guy trying to keep his head above water. See more »Parents Guide:
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18 July 1975 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Lew Harper: Why don't you start where you stopped yesterday.
Iris Devereaux: [after a pause] I'm frightened, Lew!
Lew Harper: That's a good place.
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By Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox
Scored and conducted by Charles Fox
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The picture was not the commercial success at the box-office that its precursor Harper (1966) had been. See more »Goofs
In the scene in the hydrotherapy room, there is a recessed panel in the wall with two access doors, on the side of the room closest to where Mavis (Gail Strickland) is lying. At the beginning of the scene, both doors to the recessed area are open, but for the rest of the scene, the right-hand door is closed, even though neither Mavis nor Harper (Paul Newman) are close enough to it to have closed it. See more »Quotes
Iris Devereaux: I don't know where to start.Lew Harper: Why don't you start where you stopped yesterday.
Iris Devereaux: [after a pause] I'm frightened, Lew!
Lew Harper: That's a good place.
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Killing Me Softly With His SongBy Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox
Scored and conducted by Charles Fox
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Ross MacDonald's novels generally translate well to movie. This one certainly does, although I've never seen a Ross MacDonald movie that successfully captures the atmosphere that MacDonald creates in his novels. Paul Newman is the detective Lew Archer (I seem to remember that his name was changed to Harper for the movie to keep a string of "H" movies going: Hud, Hombre, and Harper). The movie moves along with a complex plot that is not difficult to track and understand. Melanie Griffith is perfection in the role of the 14-year old seductress. >