Harper

Harper takes a case - and the payoff is murder.

Genres

MysteryCrimeThriller

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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.

Others

Budget

$3500000

Revenue

$12000000

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

121 mins

Rating

6.7/10

Release Date

22 February 1966

Country

United States of America

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

Richard Carlyle

Fred Platt

Al Bain

Bar Patron (uncredited)

Horace G. Brown

Bartender (uncredited)

David Cadiente

Immigrant (uncredited)

Steve Carruthers

Bar Patron (uncredited)

Gene Coogan

Immigrant (uncredited)

Mary Gregory

Waitress (uncredited)

Kathryn Janssen

Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Chester Jones

Waiter (uncredited)

Louise Lane

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

China Lee

Dancer (uncredited)

James McHale

Cab Driver (uncredited)

Andres Oropeza

Piano Player (uncredited)

Murray Pollack

Bar Patron (uncredited)

Martin Priest

Dancer (uncredited)

Jerry Rush

Bar Patron (uncredited)

Cosmo Sardo

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Tom Steele

Eddie Rossiter (uncredited)

Norman Stevans

Bar Patron (uncredited)

Maxie Thrower

Waiter (uncredited)

Roseann Williams

Bunny Dancer (uncredited)

Lewis Marvin

Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Herbert Sullivan

Waiter (uncredited)

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