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The Drowning Pool ()

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Harper's a big-city PI, who travels to Louisiana to help an old girlfriend who's worried her husband will find out she's been cheating on him.
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Lew Harper
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Iris Devereaux
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Chief Broussard (as Tony Franciosa)
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J. Hugh Kilbourne
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Mavis Kilbourne
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Schuyler Devereaux
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Gretchen
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Lt. Franks
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Candy
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Glo
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Pat Reavis (as Andy Robinson)
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Olivia Devereaux
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James Devereaux
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Elaine Reavis
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Red Head
Peter Dassinger ...
Peter
James Fontenot ...
Bartender
Tommy McLain ...
Nightclub Band (as Tommy McLain and his Mule Train Band)
Martin Ahrens ...
Cajun Heavy #1
Philippe Blenet ...
Cajun Heavy #2
Jerome Greene ...
Butler
Cecil Elliott ...
Motel Switchboard Operator

Directed by

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Stuart Rosenberg

Written by

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Tracy Keenan Wynn ... (screenplay) &
Lorenzo Semple Jr. ... (screenplay) &
Walter Hill ... (screenplay)
 
Ross Macdonald ... (novel) (as Ross MacDonald)
 
Eric Roth ... () (uncredited)

Produced by

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David Foster ... producer
Hawk Koch ... associate producer (as Howard W. Koch Jr.)
Lawrence Turman ... producer

Music by

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Michael Small

Cinematography by

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Gordon Willis ... director of photography

Editing by

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John C. Howard

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Carroll Timothy O'Meara ... assistant editor (as Tim O'Meara)

Casting By

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Alan Shayne

Production Design by

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Paul Sylbert

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Edwin O'Donovan ... (as Ed O'Donovan)

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Kaye Pownall ... hair stylist
Monty Westmore ... makeup artist
Carrie White ... Miss Woodward's hair styles

Production Management

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Arthur S. Newman Jr. ... production manager (as Arthur Newman)

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Hawk Koch ... assistant director (as Howard W. Koch Jr.)
Lee Rafner ... second assistant director

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Phil Abramson ... set director
Joe Acord ... construction coordinator
Gregg H. Bilson ... assistant props (as Gregg Bilson)
Pat O'Connor ... property master
Bill Parks ... construction coordinator
Bill Gold ... poster designer (uncredited)
Eugene J. Reed ... carpenter (uncredited)

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Clint Althouse ... boom man (as Clint Althaus)
Hal Barns ... sound effects editor
Les Fresholtz ... re-recording mixer
Larry Jost ... sound mixer
Billie Owens ... sound effects editor
Arthur Piantadosi ... re-recording mixer
Arthur H. Pullen ... sound effects editor
Richard Tyler ... re-recording mixer (as Dick Tyler)

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Chuck Gaspar ... special effects
Henry Millar ... special effects (as Henry Millar Sr.)

Stunts

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Stan Barrett ... stunt coordinator
Joe Canutt ... stunts (uncredited)
Dean Smith ... stunt double (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Arthur Brooker ... key grip (as Art Booker)
Ralph Gerling ... camera operator
George Holmes ... gaffer
Mel Traxel ... unit still photographer
Richard Yuricich ... first camera assistant
Ronald L. Vargas Jr. ... assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Donald Brooks ... wardrobe designer: Miss Woodward
Norma Brown ... costumer: ladies
Richard Bruno ... wardrobe supervisor (as Dick Bruno)
Jules Melillo ... assistant men's costumer (as Jules M. Melillo)
Vicki Sánchez ... costumer: ladies (as Vicki Sanchez)

Music Department

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Donald Harris ... music editor
Dan Wallin ... scoring mixer (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Betty Crosby ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Paul Casella Jr. ... transportation captain

Additional Crew

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Rosalyn Catania ... production secretary
Carl Combs ... unit publicist
Ralph M. Leo ... production auditor (as Ralph Leo)
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Plot Summary

Harper is brought to Louisiana bayou country to help out an old girlfriend who is worried that her husband will find out that she is cheating on him. What is more, he finds himself caught in a power struggle between the matriarch of the family and a greedy oil baron, who wants her property. Poor Harper! Things are not as straight-forward as they initially appeared. Written by Alfred Jingle

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Taglines Harper days are here again... See more »
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Also Known As
  • Ryan's the Name (United States)
  • La toile d'araignée (France)
  • Unter Wasser stirbt man nicht (Germany)
  • Con el agua al cuello (Spain)
  • Amb l'aigua al coll (Spain, Catalan title)
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  • 108 min
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Budget $2,700,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia When the bartender asks Harper if he wants a "coonass" beer, he means a Cajun (or local) beer. See more »
Goofs The crew added a lot of air into the water coming out of the pipe in the floor to make it visible to the audience that water was flowing out of said pipe. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into La classe américaine (1993). See more »
Soundtracks Killing Me Softly With His Song See more »
Quotes Schuyler Devereaux: How do you do Mr Harper?
Lew Harper: Oh sometimes I do better than others.
Schuyler Devereaux: Well I hope so.
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