The Drowning Pool

1975

English

6.5

♡ 10

53%

Stuart Rosenberg Director

Joanne Woodward as Iris Devereaux

Paul Newman as Lew Harper

Gail Strickland as Mavis Kilbourne

Melanie Griffith as Schuyler Devreaux

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.