The Drowning Pool
“Harper days are here again...”
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.
Genres
Thriller, Mystery
Studio
First Artists
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Drowning Pool performed
Budget
$2.7M
Worldwide Gross
$2.6M
Gross Profit
−$100,000
Return
1.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$415K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~42/58, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (38% of the domestic run, typical for Thriller) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Lew Harper
Paul Newman
Lew Harper
Iris
Joanne Woodward
Iris
Broussard
Anthony Franciosa
Broussard
Kilbourne
Murray Hamilton
Kilbourne
Mavis
Gail Strickland
Mavis
Schuyler
Melanie Griffith
Schuyler
Gretchen
Linda Haynes
Gretchen
Franks
Richard Jaeckel
Franks
Candy
Paul Koslo
Candy
Glo
Joe Canutt
Glo
Pat Reavis
Andrew Robinson
Pat Reavis
Olivia
Coral Browne
Olivia
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