Directed by:
Stuart RosenbergCinematography:
Gordon WillisComposer:
Michael SmallCast:
Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Murray Hamilton, Gail Strickland, Melanie Griffith, Linda Haynes, Richard Jaeckel, Paul Koslo (more)VOD (1)
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Paul Newman reprises his role as private eye Lew Harper in this American crime drama based on the novel by Ross Macdonald. In this instalment, Harper travels to Louisiana after being hired by his ex-girlfriend Iris Devereaux (Joanne Woodward), who is being blackmailed for an infidelity she didn't actually commit. In the course of his investigations he crosses paths with ruthless oil baron J.J. Kilbourne (Murray Hamilton) and has a close encounter with Iris's wayward daughter Schuyler (Melanie Griffith). (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)
(more)Cast
![Paul Newman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/850/162850585_18d8c6.jpg)
Paul Newman
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Sting (1973)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
![Joanne Woodward](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/368/164368475_aa30f1.png)
Joanne Woodward
USA
Best movies:
Philadelphia (1993)
Sybil (1976) (TV movie)
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
![Anthony Franciosa](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/422/162422078_a4f467.png)
Anthony Franciosa
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
![Murray Hamilton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/063/138/63138110_8792b0.jpg)
Murray Hamilton
USA
Best movies:
The Graduate (1967)
Jaws (1975)
Brubaker (1980)
![Gail Strickland](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/059/364/59364337_80e445.jpg)
Gail Strickland
USA
Best movies:
Bound for Glory (1976)
The Man in the Moon (1991)
Norma Rae (1979)
![Melanie Griffith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/054/164054975_32800f.jpg)
Melanie Griffith
USA
Best movies:
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration (1998) (concert)
RKO 281 (1999) (TV movie)
Nobody's Fool (1994)
Linda Haynes
USA
Best movies:
Brubaker (1980)
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980) (TV movie)
Latitude Zero (1969)
![Richard Jaeckel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/215/164215067_dcd1f6.jpg)
Richard Jaeckel
USA
Best movies:
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
![Paul Koslo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247513_7bf4cb.jpg)
Paul Koslo
German Empire
Best movies:
The Sacketts (1979) (TV movie)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Vanishing Point (1971)
![Andrew Robinson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/956/165956175_8cd907.jpg)
Andrew Robinson
USA
Best movies:
Dirty Harry (1971)
Mask (1985)
Charley Varrick (1973)
![Richard Derr](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058446_846fa8.jpg)
Richard Derr
USA
Best movies:
Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)
The Drowning Pool (1975)
Joan of Arc (1948)
![Helena Kallianiotes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/763/157763591_3b7f29.jpg)
Helena Kallianiotes
USA
Best movies:
Easy Rider (1969)
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
The Drowning Pool (1975)
![Coral Browne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/886/160886932_a2f2b8.jpg)
Coral Browne
Australia
Best movies:
The Night of the Generals (1967)
Theatre of Blood (1973)
The Drowning Pool (1975)
Cecil Elliott
USA
Best movies:
The Killing (1956)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Chinatown (1974)
Leigh French
USA
Best movies:
Children of a Lesser God (1986)
Halloween II (1981)
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Joe Canutt
USA