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)Plots(1)
Private detective Lew Harper is in the Louisiana bayou working on a blackmail case that involves the daughter of his old girl friend Iris Devereau. While he is trying to solve the case, he becomes mixed up in a power struggle between Iris and a local oil tycoon. (official distributor synopsis)
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 et le 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