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The Drowning Pool
The Drowning Pool

The Drowning Pool

1975 109 min ★ 6.3 Thriller, Mystery

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.

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Cast

Paul Newman

Paul Newman

Lew Harper

Joanne Woodward

Joanne Woodward

Iris

Anthony Franciosa

Anthony Franciosa

Broussard

Murray Hamilton

Murray Hamilton

Kilbourne

Gail Strickland

Gail Strickland

Mavis

Melanie Griffith

Melanie Griffith

Schuyler

Linda Haynes

Linda Haynes

Gretchen

Richard Jaeckel

Richard Jaeckel

Franks

Paul Koslo

Paul Koslo

Candy

Joe Canutt

Glo

Details

Director

Stuart Rosenberg

Screenplay

Tracy Keenan Wynn

Tagline

"Harper days are here again..."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$2,700,000

Revenue

$2,600,000

Production

First Artists, Coleytown, The Turman-Foster Company, David Foster Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

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