The Drowning Pool

Name: The Drowning Pool
Genre: Thriller, Mystery
Released: 18 Jul 1975
Rating: 6.30
Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Murray Hamilton, Gail Strickland

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.

Year: 1975

Genre: Thriller, Mystery

Studio: First Artists, Coleytown, The Turman-Foster Company, David Foster Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

Director: Stuart Rosenberg

Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Murray Hamilton, Gail Strickland, Melanie Griffith

Crew: Lorenzo Semple Jr. (Screenplay), Ross Macdonald (Novel), Tracy Keenan Wynn (Screenplay), Walter Hill (Screenplay), Stuart Rosenberg (Director), Donald Brooks (Wardrobe Designer)

Runtime: 109 minutes

Release: Jul 18, 1975

IMDb: 6.30/10 by 124 users

Popularity: 1

Country: United States of America

Language: English