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Harper (1966)

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Runtime: 2 hrs 1 min

Synopsis: Private-eye mystery based on af Ross MacDonald "Lew Archer" novel. When a millionaire businessman turns up missing, his estranged, invalid wife Bacall) hires a private detective (Newman) to find him. The P.I. quickly discovers that the victim has been kidnapped by some of those nearest and... Private-eye mystery based on af Ross MacDonald "Lew Archer" novel. When a millionaire businessman turns up missing, his estranged, invalid wife Bacall) hires a private detective (Newman) to find him. The P.I. quickly discovers that the victim has been kidnapped by some of those nearest and dearest to him, and uncovers a tangled web of smuggling, greed, drugs and petty family jealousies. Note script by Goldman. Followed by The Drowning Pool (1975). [More]

Genre: Action/Adventure

Starring: Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris, Shelley Winters, Arthur Hill

Director: Jack Smight
Screenwriter: William Goldman
Story: Ross MacDonald
Composer: Johnny Mandel

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Feb 11, 2007

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  • Harper
  • Hard-boiled private investigator Lew Harper is hired to locate a missing millionaire named Sampson. Elaine Sampson, the victim's invalid wife is indifferent and apparently happy he's gone. The trail leads him to the plush pad that Sampson maintained in Los Angeles, where the clues indicate that he had a cultist's preoccupation with astrology and was under the influence of a one time movie star, Fay Estabrook. with junkie pianists, double-crossing lawyers, brutal beatins and car crashes, Harper has his work cut out for him.
  • Source: Warner Home Video

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    Harper shows the actor to good advantage, Newman's nonchalant demeanor well suiting the character of the PI.

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