The Drowning Pool

IMDb link: 0072912
IMDb rating: 6.5 (6,943 votes)
Genres: Thriller, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director: Paul Newman, Stuart Rosenberg
Cast: Anthony Franciosa, Joanne Woodward, Murray Hamilton and others

Release date: 26 Jul 1975
Release year: 1975
Runtime: 108 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: political corruption, new orleans louisiana, private detective, second in a series, secret rendezvous, southern plantation, marriage of convenience, oil company, airboat, eavesdropping

Plot:

Harper is brought to Louisiana bayou country to help out an old girlfriend who is worried that her husband will find out that she is cheating on him. 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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