
The Drowning Pool
"Harper days are here again..."
- PG
- 1975
- 1 hr 49 min
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6.5 (4,811)
The movie The Drowning Pool is a private eye thriller starring Paul Newman as private investigator Lew Harper. Harper is called away from his home in California to work on a case in Lousiana. A woman and former girlfriend named Iris hires Harper to find out who is blackmailing her. Soon after, Harper becomes involved in a power struggle between Iris and an oil tycoon named Kilbourne. The case quickly becomes more complex involving murder and revenge. The film takes place in Louisiana bayou country.