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July 1975 (USA) moreTagline:
Harper days are here again... morePlot:
A big-city private detective travels to the Deep South to help out an old girlfriend who is being blackmailed. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Cinematical Seven: Horror Replacement Actors (From Cinematical. 28 May 2009, 8:02 PM, PDT)
Robert Redford 'Beyond Words' over Newman’s Death
(From PEOPLE.com. 27 September 2008, 12:00 AM, PDT)
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Intriguing, carefully paced mystery. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Paul Newman | ... | Lew Harper | |
| Joanne Woodward | ... | Iris Devereaux | |
| Anthony Franciosa | ... | Chief Broussard (as Tony Franciosa) | |
| Murray Hamilton | ... | Kilbourne | |
| Gail Strickland | ... | Mavis Kilbourne | |
| Melanie Griffith | ... | Schuyler Devereaux | |
| Linda Haynes | ... | Gretchen | |
| Richard Jaeckel | ... | Lt. Franks | |
| Paul Koslo | ... | Candy | |
| Joe Canutt | ... | Glo | |
| Andrew Robinson | ... | Pat Reavis (as Andy Robinson) | |
| Coral Browne | ... | Olivia Devereaux | |
| Richard Derr | ... | James Devereaux | |
| Helena Kallianiotes | ... | Elaine Reavis | |
| Leigh French | ... | Red Head |
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108 minCountry:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoCertification:
Germany:12 (re-rating) (2006) | West Germany:16 (original rating) | Portugal:M/12 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG | Canada:PG (Ontario)Fun Stuff
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Average Shot Length = ~7.2 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~7.3 seconds. moreQuotes:
J.H. Kilbourne: You wanna live, don't you? To a ripe old age?Lew Harper: I'd hate to think that I was making those Social Security payments for nothing.
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Ten years after Newman's success in "Harper" as the title private investigator, he reappeared in this follow-up. While the caliber of the cast can't hold a candle to the stellar first film, the acting and mystery elements are excellent. Woodward plays a wealthy Louisiana woman who once had a brief fling with Newman. She hires him to find out who's blackmailing her about her extramarital dalliances. Once he lands in the bayou, he is immersed in several confusing and complicated situations involving sex, real estate war and murder. Newman is utterly appealing as the hard knock investigator, Woodward is cool and refined, Franciosa puts his method acting to good use and Hamilton puts an enjoyably quirky spin on a villainous role. Griffith effectively plays Woodward's sexually ripe daughter and Browne adds great authority in her brief appearance as Woodward's domineering mother-in-law. The plot is extremely convoluted and risks losing all sense at times, but it all comes about in the end. The actors succeed in making the audience want to see more of what they are all about. The title refers to a climactic scene in which Newman and an exasperatingly upset cohort are trapped in an enclosed hydrotherapy room which is filled to the brim with water. This affords a rare opportunity to see the relatively modest Newman trotting around in damp boxer shorts. The film utilizes (perhaps overutilizes?) the song "Killing Me Softly" throughout. The film is like a reunion of sorts for Newman. Aside form his frequent collaborations with his wife Woodward, she and Franciosa had starred with him in "The Long Hot Summer", Hamilton had appeared in "The Hustler" and Jaeckel co-starred with him in "Sometimes a Great Notion". Director Rosenberg has also directed Newman in "WUSA", "Cool Hand Luke" and "Pocket Money". Years later, Griffith would appear with Newman in "Nobody's Fool".