Directed by:
Jack SmightScreenplay:
William GoldmanCinematography:
Conrad L. HallComposer:
Johnny MandelCast:
Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris, Arthur Hill, Janet Leigh, Pamela Tiffin, Robert Wagner, Robert Webber, Shelley Winters, Harold Gould, Roy Jenson (more)Plots(1)
Paul Newman memorably plays the title role in this box-office hit based on Ross MacDonald’s 'The Moving Target'. The first detective film in Newman’s then 23-film career, Harper revitalized the genre. Newman’s sleuth chews gum fast... and slips out of jams ever faster as he unravels a twisted case of kidnapping and murder. William Goldman’s clever script throws quips and a parade of LA-LA-Land characters Harper’s way. There’s a woman of means (Lauren Bacall), a gun-toting attorney (Arthur Hill), a poolside gigolo (Robert Wagner), a boozy ex-starlet (Shelley Winters), a jazz junkie (Julie Harris), Harper’s estranged wife (Janet Leigh) and the unholy order of the Temple of the Clouds (led by Strother Martin). Each may possess a clue. Or a bullet for Harper. (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Paul Newman
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Sting (1973)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Lauren Bacall
USA
Best movies:
Misery (1990)
Dogville (2003)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Julie Harris
USA
Best movies:
East of Eden (1955)
Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey (1988)
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Arthur Hill
Canada
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Janet Leigh
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Little Women (1949)
Pamela Tiffin
USA
Best movies:
One, Two, Three (1961)
The Man, the Woman and the Money (1965)
The Moving Target (1966)
Robert Wagner
USA
Best movies:
The Towering Inferno (1974)
The Longest Day (1962)
The Road to Santiago (1999) (series)
Robert Webber
USA
Best movies:
12 Angry Men (1957)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Shelley Winters
USA
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
An Average Little Man (1977)
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
Harold Gould
USA
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The Sting (1973)
Love and Death (1975)
The Lawyer (1970)
Roy Jenson
Canada
Best movies:
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Chinatown (1974)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
Strother Martin
USA
Best movies:
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Cool Hand Luke (1967)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Jacqueline deWit
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Spellbound (1945)
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
Cosmo Sardo
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
North by Northwest (1959)
Eugene Iglesias
Puerto Rico
Best movies:
Rio Bravo (1959)
Apache Rifles (1964)
Taza, Son of Cochise (1954)
Martin West
USA
Best movies:
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Steve Carruthers
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
North by Northwest (1959)
Tom Steele
UK
Best movies:
Citizen Kane (1941)
Spartacus (1960)
Captain Blood (1935)
Richard Carlyle
Canada
Best movies:
The Moving Target (1966)
Torpedo Run (1958)
The Gallant Hours (1960)
China Lee
USA
Best movies:
The Moving Target (1966)
Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)
Medium Cool (1969)