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The Drowning Pool is a american film of genre Drama directed by Stuart Rosenberg released in USA on 18 july 1975 with Paul Newman
The Drowning Pool (1975)
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Add to a movie listThe Drowning Pool is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, and based upon Ross Macdonald's novel of the same name. The film stars Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, and Anthony Franciosa, and is a sequel to Harper. The setting is shifted from California to Louisiana.
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Private detective Lew Harper (Paul Newman) investigates a blackmail plot in Louisiana bayou country involving the daughter (Melanie Griffith) of an old flame of his, Iris Devereaux (Joanne Woodward).Actors
Paul Newman
(Lew Harper)
Joanne Woodward
(Iris)
Anthony Franciosa
(Broussard)
Murray Hamilton
(Kilbourne)
Gail Strickland
(Mavis)
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