- HD 1080
- Runtime: 109m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Stuart Rosenberg
- Stars: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Murray Hamilton, Gail Strickland
- keywords: private detective, neo-noir, lew harper
- Production_studio: First Artists, Coleytown, The Turman-Foster Company, David Foster Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Slogan: Harper days are here again...
- The The Drowning Pool is featured in the top rankings of 1975
- #25 in Top Thriller Movies of 1975
- #14 in Top Mystery Movies of 1975
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.