THE DROWNING POOL (1975)

STUART ROSENBERG

Thriller Detectives & Private Eyes Drama Southern Gothic

Cast

PAUL NEWMAN JOANNE WOODWARD ANTHONY FRANCIOSA MURRAY HAMILTON GAIL STRICKLAND MELANIE GRIFFITH

Plot

Harper is brought to Louisiana bayou country to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her hellion of a daughter. What is more, he finds himself caught in a power struggle between the matriarch of the family and a greedy oil baron, who wants her property. Poor Harper! Things are not as straight-forward as they initially appeared.