The Drowning Pool (film)

Infobox Film | name = The Drowning Pool


caption = original movie poster
director = Stuart Rosenberg
producer = David Foster
Lawrence Turman
writer = Tracy Keenan Wynn
Lorenzo Semple Jr.
Walter Hill
starring =Paul Newman
Joanne Woodward
Anthony Franciosa
Murray Hamilton
Gail Strickland
Melanie Griffith
music =Michael Small
cinematography = John C. Howard
editing =
distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures
released = 1975
runtime = 109 min.
language =
budget =
imdb_id =0072912

"The Drowning Pool" is a 1975 film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, and based upon Ross Macdonald's novel "The Drowning Pool". The film stars Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, and Anthony Franciosa, and is a sequel to "Harper".

Plot

Private detective Lew Harper (Paul Newman) investigates a blackmail plot in Louisiana bayou country involving the nymphomaniac daughter (Melanie Griffith) of an old flame of his, Iris Devereaux (Joanne Woodward). He is caught up in a power struggle between Iris and oil tycoon Kilbourne (Murray Hamilton). At one point, the complicated plot has Harper and Kilbourne's wife Mavis (Gail Strickland) locked in a hydrotherapy room, with the water rising to the ceiling, hence the film's title.

Cast

*Paul Newman as Lew Harper
*Joanne Woodward as Iris Devereaux
*Anthony Franciosa (credited as Tony Franciosa) as Chief Broussard
*Murray Hamilton as Kilbourne
*Gail Strickland as Mavis Kilbourne
*Melanie Griffith as Schuyler Devereaux
*Linda Haynes as Gretchen
*Andre Trottier as Hydrotherapist
*Richard Jaeckel as Lieutenant Franks
*Paul Koslo as Candy
*Joe Canutt as Glo
*Andrew Robinson (credited as Andy Robinson) as Pat Reavis

DVD

"The Drowning Pool" was released on November 14, 2006 as part of the Paul Newman Collection DVD box set.

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