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The Drowning Pool is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, and based upon Ross Macdonald's novel of the same name. The film stars Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, and Anthony Franciosa, and is a loose sequel to Harper. The setting is shifted from California to Louisiana.
- $2.7 million
Jul 18, 1975 · The Drowning Pool: Directed by Stuart Rosenberg. With Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Murray Hamilton. Harper's a big-city PI, who travels to Louisiana to help an old girlfriend who's worried her husband will find out she's been cheating on him.
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- Stuart Rosenberg
- PG
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Drowning Pool, The - (Original Trailer) Paul Newman returns as detective Lew Harper when a threatening letter leads to murder in The Drowning Pool (1975).
- Stuart Rosenberg
- Paul Newman
Macdonald's story, as always, connects the current crisis to events from a couple of decades ago.All of this is good, straightforward thriller material, and could have made a decent B movie. But since "The Drowning Pool" is a Paul Newman vehicle, it goes first class, and that turns out to be fatal.
Jan 27, 2022 · The Drowning Pool has a nearly identical plot to the first film, which sees Harper get dragged into the tangled web of a wealthy family. There’s another aging matriarch (Joanne Woodward), another vivacious daughter (Melanie Griffith), and another suspect male (Anthony Franciosa) who may or may not feed into the family’s criminal dealings.
Cast & crew. User reviews. Trivia. FAQ. IMDbPro. All topics. Plot. The Drowning Pool. Summaries. Harper's a big-city PI, who travels to Louisiana to help an old girlfriend who's worried her husband will find out she's been cheating on him.
