“Harper takes a case - and the payoff is murder.”
Harper
6.7
195 votes·1966
·2h 1m
·MovieMysteryCrimeThriller
Overview
Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an illegal-alien smuggling ring.
Commercial Verdict
Super Hit
Revenue vs Budget3.4x
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Strong box office performer
Keywords
adulteryhusband wife relationshipbased on novel or bookkidnappingnightclubinvestigationswimming poolmurderlos angeles, californiadivorceprivate detectivemissing person
Cast
Paul Newman
Lew Harper
Lauren Bacall
Elaine Sampson
Julie Harris
Betty Fraley
Arthur Hill
Albert Graves
Janet Leigh
Susan Harper
Pamela Tiffin
Miranda Sampson
Robert Wagner
Allan Taggert
Robert Webber
Dwight Troy
Shelley Winters
Fay Estabrook
Harold Gould
Sheriff Spanner
Roy Jenson
Puddler
Strother Martin
Claude
Martin West
Deputy
Jacqueline deWit
Mrs. Kronberg
Eugene Iglesias
Felix
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