When Harper was released back in 1966 it was a big success and one of Paul Newman most popular films of the 60's but I didn't feel it at all .
Struggling private eye Lew Harper takes a simple missing-person case that quickly spirals into something much more complex. Elaine Sampson , recently paralyzed in a horse-riding accident, wants Harper to find her missing oil baron husband, but her tempestuous teenage stepdaughter Miranda thinks Mrs. Sampson knows more than she's letting on.
This is a typical mid to late 1960's technicolour movie . It looked great and you can pinpoint the era simply by watching the scenes where the hipsters are dancing but I want more than just style in my movies .
I found the plot confusing . The premise is simple . Look for a missing man but there were so many twists and turns and untrustworthy characters that by the end of the film , I'd lost interest in the outcome .
Paul Newman is great , even If he does look like he's going through the motions and Robert Wagner hams up the screen as he always tended to do .
Harper is a private eye movie that is more style over substance and doesn't hold a light to Newman's other 60's movies such as Hud , The hustler and Cool Hand Luke .
Struggling private eye Lew Harper takes a simple missing-person case that quickly spirals into something much more complex. Elaine Sampson , recently paralyzed in a horse-riding accident, wants Harper to find her missing oil baron husband, but her tempestuous teenage stepdaughter Miranda thinks Mrs. Sampson knows more than she's letting on.
This is a typical mid to late 1960's technicolour movie . It looked great and you can pinpoint the era simply by watching the scenes where the hipsters are dancing but I want more than just style in my movies .
I found the plot confusing . The premise is simple . Look for a missing man but there were so many twists and turns and untrustworthy characters that by the end of the film , I'd lost interest in the outcome .
Paul Newman is great , even If he does look like he's going through the motions and Robert Wagner hams up the screen as he always tended to do .
Harper is a private eye movie that is more style over substance and doesn't hold a light to Newman's other 60's movies such as Hud , The hustler and Cool Hand Luke .