The Drowning Pool

The Drowning Pool

6.3IMDb Score
Released:1975-07-18
Genre:Thriller, Mystery
Duration:109 min
Country:United States of America
Director:Stuart Rosenberg
Actors:Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Murray Hamilton, Gail Strickland
Production:First Artists, Coleytown, The Turman-Foster Company, David Foster Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

Overview:

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.

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