The Drowning Pool

July. 18,1975      PG
Rating:
6.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Paul Newman as  Lew Harper
Joanne Woodward as  Iris
Anthony Franciosa as  Broussard
Murray Hamilton as  Kilbourne
Gail Strickland as  Mavis
Melanie Griffith as  Schuyler
Linda Haynes as  Gretchen
Richard Jaeckel as  Franks
Paul Koslo as  Candy
Andrew Robinson as  Pat Reavis

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