Harper days are here again...
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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Classical in form, earnest, grave and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Paul NewmanLew Harper
- Joanne WoodwardIris
- Anthony FranciosaBroussard
- Murray HamiltonKilbourne
- Gail StricklandMavis
- Melanie GriffithSchuyler
- Linda HaynesGretchen
- Richard JaeckelFranks
- Paul KosloCandy
- Joe CanuttGlo
Crew
- Stuart RosenbergDirector
- Walter HillScreenplay
- Tracy Keenan WynnScreenplay
- Lorenzo Semple Jr.Screenplay
- Ross MacdonaldNovel
- Gordon WillisDirector of Photography
- Michael SmallOriginal Music Composer
- John C. HowardEditor
- David FosterProducer
- Lawrence TurmanProducer
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Pairings
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