The Drowning Pool

Name: The Drowning Pool
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Genre: Thriller, Mystery
Released: 1975-07-18
Duration: 2 h
Rating: 6.4

Thriller Mystery

Story Synopsis

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.

Director Stuart Rosenberg

Screenplay / Writers Tracy Keenan Wynn, Lorenzo Semple Jr., Walter Hill

Top Billed Cast

Paul Newman Joanne Woodward Richard Derr Anthony Franciosa Murray Hamilton Gail Strickland Melanie Griffith Linda Haynes