---
title: 'The Drowning Pool (1975)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Stuart Rosenberg'
released: '1975-06-25'
runtime_minutes: 109
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-drowning-pool-1975'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072912/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Drowning Pool (1975)

1975 · PG · 109 min · Mystery · United States


## Synopsis

The Drowning Pool is a 1975 American neo-noir mystery thriller film directed by Stuart Rosenberg and starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, and Anthony Franciosa. It is the sequel to the 1966 film Harper, and is adapted by Tracy Keenan Wynn, Lorenzo Semple Jr., and Walter Hill from Ross Macdonald's 1950 novel. In the film, private investigator Lew Harper (Newman) travels to Louisiana to help his wealthy former lover (Woodward) escape a blackmailer, but is caught up in a scheme by an oil baron.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Stuart Rosenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-rosenberg)
- **Screenplay:** [Walter Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-hill), [Lorenzo Semple Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/lorenzo-semple-jr)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Michael Small](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-small)
- **Producer:** [David Foster](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-foster)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gordon Willis](https://cinepixo.com/people/gordon-willis)
- **Editor:** [John C. Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-c-howard)

## Cast

- [Richard Jaeckel](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-jaeckel)
- [Richard Derr](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-derr)
- [Andrew Robinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-robinson)
- [Gail Strickland](https://cinepixo.com/people/gail-strickland)
- [Paul Koslo](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-koslo)
- [Paul Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-newman)
- [Anthony Franciosa](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-franciosa)
- [Murray Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/murray-hamilton)
- [Coral Browne](https://cinepixo.com/people/coral-browne)
- [Joanne Woodward](https://cinepixo.com/people/joanne-woodward)
- [Melanie Griffith](https://cinepixo.com/people/melanie-griffith)

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