The Drowning Pool
Harper days are here again...
Harper days are here again...
Crime
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1975
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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.
Director:
Cast:
Same Director
Details
Rated:
PG
Runtime:
108 min
Release date:
1 Jul 1975
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 nomination.
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Stylish, improbable, entertaining, superficial, well cast, and totally synthetic.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
5 Jun 2008
rotten:
As a convoluted caper it generates action rather than character and surface mystery rather than meaning.
– A.H. Weiler,
New York Times,
9 May 2005
rotten:
A confusing and not very exciting private eye caper.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
rotten:
An interminable drag.
– Don Druker,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Unfortunately, Rosenberg directs flatly, hopping from one set piece to the next, disjointedly throwing characters of varying interest across Newman's path.
– ,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006