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The Drowning Pool is a 1975 American mystery 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.
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.
But since "The Drowning Pool" is a Paul Newman vehicle, it goes first class, and that turns out to be fatal. So much attention is given to making the movie look good visually that the story gets mislaid, and scenes that should create tension are photographed so painstakingly they only record it.
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Private detective Lew Harper is in the Louisiana bayou working on a blackmail case that involves the daughter of his old girl friend Iris Devereau. While he is trying to solve the case, he becomes mixed up in a power struggle between Iris and a local oil tycoon.
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.
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.
101. Academy Award winners Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward star in this thriller about a big-city private detective who travels to the Deep South to help a former girlfriend ... only to be caught...
The Drowning Pool is a 1975 American mystery 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.
Overview. 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!
