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.
Director
Stuart Rosenberg
Paul Newman
Lew Harper
Joanne Woodward
Iris
Anthony Franciosa
Broussard
Murray Hamilton
Kilbourne
Gail Strickland
Mavis
Melanie Griffith
Schuyler
Linda Haynes
Gretchen
Richard Jaeckel
Franks
Paul Koslo
Candy
Andrew Robinson
Pat Reavis
Coral Browne
Olivia
Richard Derr
James
Helena Kallianiotes
Elaine Reavis
Leigh French
Red Head
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Too good. There was a radio commercial for The Drowning Pool which ran for a long enough period of time for me to get the drift that this was a _good_ movie. I took my date to see it after the 4th of July that year. A good memory.
@TralfazConstruction 1
Murray Hamilton steals every scene he's in.
@toddsolley8441 6
That's Lynda Carter doing the voiceover on that trailer!
@stigwardduke7546 6
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