The Drowning Pool (1975)

PG  |   |  Action, Crime, Mystery  |  July 1975 (USA)
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A big-city private detective travels to the Deep South to help out an old girlfriend who is being blackmailed.

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Broussard (as Tony Franciosa)
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Schuyler
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Pat Reavis (as Andy Robinson)
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James
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Red Head
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Harper is brought to Louisiana bayou country to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her hellion of a daughter. What is more, he finds himself caught in a power struggle between the matriarch of the family and a greedy oil baron, who wants her property. Poor Harper! Things are not as straight-forward as they initially appeared. Written by Alfred Jingle

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During the scene when Mavis (Gail Strickland) and Harper (Paul Newman) are turning on the water to try to flood the hydrotherapy room, Mavis is first shown in close-up and there is no sign of the over-the-shoulder straps of her bra. But once the room is shown in a wide shot, and for the rest of the scenes in that room, she is wearing a bra with straps that should have been visible in the close-up. See more »

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Lew Harper: Personally I think you help up rather well.
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Killing Me Softly With His Song
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Intelligent thriller
11 September 1999 | by (London, UK) – See all my reviews

A mature, intelligent thriller, in which Newman recreates Lew Harper. It takes place around New Orleans and involves public corruption and an intricate web of deceit.

The style is fairly laid-back, though it doesn't actually lag - even though it sometimes seems it's about to. The characters are all sharply delineated and complex, and there is a lot of very good acting going on.

Thoroughly watchable, with some tension and suspense, but only sporadic action.


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