Harper
“Harper takes a case - and the payoff is murder.”
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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2 films
Cast
38 people
Paul Newman
Lew Harper
Known for
Cars
The Sting
Lauren Bacall
Elaine Sampson
Known for
Misery
Murder on the Orient Express
Julie Harris
Betty Fraley
Known for
The Haunting
East of Eden
Arthur Hill
Albert Graves
Known for
The Andromeda Strain
Futureworld
Janet Leigh
Susan Harper
Known for
Psycho
Touch of Evil
Pamela Tiffin
Miranda Sampson
Known for
One, Two, Three
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
Robert Wagner
Allan Taggert
Known for
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
What Happened to Monday
Robert Webber
Dwight Troy
Known for
12 Angry Men
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Shelley Winters
Fay Estabrook
Known for
Lolita
The Night of the Hunter
Harold Gould
Sheriff Spanner
Known for
Freaky Friday
Brother Bear
Roy Jenson
Puddler
Known for
Chinatown
Soylent Green
Strother Martin
Claude
Known for
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Slap Shot
Jack Smight Director · William Goldman Screenplay Ross Macdonald Author
Worldwide gross $12M · Budget $3.5M · United States release February 22, 1966
Box office
Budget
$3,500,000
Worldwide gross
$12,000,000
Gross vs. budget
3.4×
Production
Gershwin-Kastner
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · February 22, 1966
Limited theatrical · Los Angeles, California
United States
March 30, 1966 · Theatrical
Brazil
April 18, 2007 · Physical · Warner Home mj.gov.br
France
May 4, 1966 · Theatrical
Germany
September 2, 1966 · Theatrical
Ireland
October 7, 1966 · Theatrical
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