Harper (film)
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| Harper | |
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 original movie poster |
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| Directed by | Jack Smight |
| Produced by | Jerry Gershwin Elliott Kastner |
| Written by | William Goldman (screenplay) Ross Macdonald (novel) |
| Starring | Paul Newman Lauren Bacall Julie Harris Arthur Hill Janet Leigh Pamela Tiffin Robert Wagner Robert Webber Shelley Winters Harold Gould Roy Jenson |
| Music by | Johnny Mandel |
| Cinematography | Conrad L. Hall |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | February 23, 1966 |
| Running time | 121 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3,500,000 (estimated) |
| Followed by | The Drowning Pool |
| Allmovie profile | |
| IMDb profile | |
Harper is a 1966 film written by William Goldman from a novel by Ross Macdonald. The movie starred Paul Newman as the eponymous Lew Harper (Lew Archer in the novel). The original music score was composed by Johnny Mandel. Goldman received a 1967 Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay. Shelley Winters plays a once gorgeous and now alcoholic former starlet, Fay Estabrook.
The film was released in the UK as The Moving Target, the title of the novel. Newman reprised the role again in a sequel, The Drowning Pool, made in 1975.
[edit] Main cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Paul Newman | Lew Harper |
| Lauren Bacall | Elaine Sampson |
| Julie Harris | Betty Frales |
| Arthur Hill | Albert Graves |
| Janet Leigh | Susan Harper |
| Pamela Tiffin | Miranda Sampson |
| Robert Wagner | Allan Taggart |
| Robert Webber | Dwight Troy |
| Shelley Winters | Fay Estabrook |
| Harold Gould | Sheriff Spanner |
| Roy Jenson | Puddler |
| Strother Martin | Claude |
[edit] Trivia
- It is believed that the main character's name was changed to Harper because of Newman's success in films involving the letter 'H' (Hud, The Hustler, Hombre).
- Turned down by Frank Sinatra.
[edit] References
- Harper at the Internet Movie Database
- Harper at Allmovie
