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The Drowning Pool

The Drowning Pool

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 18, 1975

Runtime

1h 49m

Genres

Thriller, Mystery

User Score

63%

Original Title

The Drowning Pool

Production Companies

First Artists, Coleytown, The Turman-Foster Company, David Foster Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

Director

Stuart Rosenberg

Budget

$2,700,000

Revenue

$2,600,000

Description

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.