The Drowning Pool (film)
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| The Drowning Pool | |
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| Directed by | Stuart Rosenberg |
| Produced by | David Foster Lawrence Turman |
| Written by | Tracy Keenan Wynn Lorenzo Semple Jr. Walter Hill |
| Starring | Paul Newman Joanne Woodward Anthony Franciosa Murray Hamilton Gail Strickland Melanie Griffith |
| Music by | Michael Small |
| Cinematography | John C. Howard |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1975 |
| Running time | 109 min. |
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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.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] 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
- Richard Jaeckel as Lieutenant Franks
- Paul Koslo as Candy
- Joe Canutt as Glo
- Andrew Robinson (credited as Andy Robinson) as Pat Reavis
[edit] DVD
The Drowning Pool was released on November 14, 2006 as part of the Paul Newman Collection DVD box set.
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