The Drowning Pool

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The Drowning Pool is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, and based upon Ross Macdonald's novel The Drowning Pool. The film stars Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, and Anthony Franciosa, and is a sequel to Harper. The setting is shifted from California to Louisiana.

Private detective Lew Harper (Paul Newman) investigates a blackmail plot in Louisiana bayou country involving the nymphomaniac daughter (Melanie Griffith) of an old flame of his, Iris Devereaux (Joanne Woodward). He is caught up in a power struggle between Iris and oil tycoon Kilbourne (Murray Hamilton). At one point, the complicated plot has Harper and Kilbourne's wife Mavis (Gail Strickland) locked in a hydrotherapy room, with the water rising to the ceiling, hence the film's title.

Cast:
 Paul Newman as Lew Harper
 Joanne Woodward as Iris Devereaux
 Anthony Franciosa (credited as Tony Franciosa) as Chief Broussard
 Murray Hamilton as Kilbourne
 Gail Strickland as Mavis Kilbourne
 Melanie Griffith as Schuyler Devereaux
 Linda Haynes as Gretchen
 Andre Trottier as Hydrotherapist
 Richard Jaeckel as Lieutenant Franks
 Paul Koslo as Candy
 Joe Canutt as Glo
 Andrew Robinson (credited as Andy Robinson) as Pat Reavis