The Drowning Pool

The Drowning Pool

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1975-07-01

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (3184 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Tracy Keenan Wynn (screenplay)

Lorenzo Semple Jr. (screenplay)

Walter Hill (screenplay)

Ross Macdonald (novel)

Fullplot:

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.

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