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Harper

Harper

Harper takes a case - and the payoff is murder.

19666.62h 1m

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.

Directed by Jack Smight
Written by William Goldman, Ross Macdonald
Produced by Jerry Gershwin, Elliott Kastner
Box OfficeBudget: $3.5MRevenue: $12.0M

Top Cast

Paul Newman

Paul Newman

Lew Harper

Lauren Bacall

Lauren Bacall

Elaine Sampson

Julie Harris

Julie Harris

Betty Fraley

Arthur Hill

Arthur Hill

Albert Graves

Janet Leigh

Janet Leigh

Susan Harper

Pamela Tiffin

Pamela Tiffin

Miranda Sampson

Robert Wagner

Robert Wagner

Allan Taggert

Robert Webber

Robert Webber

Dwight Troy

Shelley Winters

Shelley Winters

Fay Estabrook

Harold Gould

Harold Gould

Sheriff Spanner

Themes & Keywords

adulteryhusband wife relationshipbased on novel or bookkidnappingnightclubinvestigationswimming poolmurderlos angeles, californiadivorceprivate detectivemissing personnightclub singerprivate eyelew harperwealthy family

About Harper

Harper is a mystery, crime, thriller film released in 1966 exploring themes of adultery, husband wife relationship, based on novel or book, kidnapping, nightclub, investigation. Directed by Jack Smight, it stars Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris. 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.

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