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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Title: The Drowning Pool (1975)
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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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18 July 1975 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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By Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox
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The film was made and released about twenty-five years after its source novel of the same name by Ross Macdonald had been first published in 1950. See more »Goofs
When Harper comes up the last time, from trying to turn the water off in the hydrotherapy room, his head bumps one of the ceiling panels and it clearly moves, meaning their attempts at breaking the panel were bogus. See more »Soundtracks
Killing Me Softly With His SongBy Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox
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It's a lot better than Harper. Newman has fewer tics and the story moves along smoother. Harper had no dynamism because Jack Smight is a terrible action director; the only excitement came from the exchanges between Newman and Arthur Hill in the car. Stuart Rosenberg can be relied on to throw enough kinkiness and ambiguity at us to keep our interest.
Melanie Griffith was used better by Arthur Penn in Night Moves; it's too bad the kitten with a whip persona had to end when she grew up. Andy Robinson was so good as the villain in so many pictures--that sensual face worked well for him, as it does here. You'd expect to see him at Andy Warhol's Factory. Gail Strickland and Murray Hamilton as the rich couple were enjoyable to watch. If Joanne Woodward's part had been better written, she could have given us more than just the nervous belle. An average picture, affording some pleasure for Paul Newman completists.