The Drowning Pool (1975)

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.
Hawk Koch, Stuart Rosenberg, Betty Crosby
Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Murray Hamilton, Gail Strickland, Melanie Griffith, Linda Haynes, Richard Jaeckel, Paul Koslo, Joe Canutt, Andrew Robinson, Coral Browne, Richard Derr, Helena Kallianiotes, Leigh French, Peter Dassinger, James Fontenot, Tommy McLain, Martin Ahrens, Philippe Blenet, Jerome Greene, Cecil Elliott
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