The Drowning Pool (1975)

6.3

Thriller Mystery

109 min min

1975

Paul Newman Joanne Woodward Anthony Franciosa Murray Hamilton Gail Strickland

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.