The Drowning Pool
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! Things are not as straight-forward as they initially appeared.
Top Billed Cast
Paul Newman
Lew Harper
Joanne Woodward
Iris
Anthony Franciosa
Broussard
Murray Hamilton
Kilbourne
Gail Strickland
Mavis
Featured Crew
Walter Hill
Screenplay
Ross Macdonald
Novel
Stuart Rosenberg
Director
Tracy Keenan Wynn
Screenplay
Lorenzo Semple Jr.
Screenplay
Donald Brooks
Wardrobe Designer
Paul Sylbert
Production Design
John C. Howard
Editor
Hawk Koch
Associate Producer
Michael Small
Music
Alan Shayne
Casting
Edwin O'Donovan
Art Direction
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