The Drowning Pool

1975 · directed by Stuart Rosenberg

Rating

59/100

Hit

no

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.

The Drowning Pool (1975), directed by Stuart Rosenberg, rates 59/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

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

Crew

• Gordon Willis — Director of Photography
• John C. Howard — Editor
• Michael Small — Original Music Composer
• Lorenzo Semple Jr. — Screenplay
• Tracy Keenan Wynn — Screenplay
• Walter Hill — Screenplay

More from Stuart Rosenberg

1. Cool Hand Luke (1967) — 86/100 · hit
2. Brubaker (1980) — 68/100
3. The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984) — 66/100
4. The Laughing Policeman (1973) — 61/100
5. Voyage of the Damned (1976) — 60/100
6. The Amityville Horror (1979) — 49/100

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