The Drowning Pool

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Paul NewmanLew Harper

Joanne WoodwardIris

Anthony FranciosaBroussard

Murray HamiltonKilbourne

Gail StricklandMavis

Melanie GriffithSchuyler

Linda HaynesGretchen

Richard JaeckelFranks

Paul KosloCandy

Joe Canutt

Joe CanuttGlo

Andrew RobinsonPat Reavis

Coral BrowneOlivia