The Drowning Pool

1975 | 109 minutes | 6.3 ★ (118)

The Drowning Pool
  • Overview

    Harper is brought to Louisiana to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her daughter. He eventually finds himself caught in a power struggle between the matriarch of the family and a greedy oil baron, who wants their property. Poor Harper! Things are not as straight-forward as they initially appeared.

  • Release Date

    18 July 1975

  • DirectingStuart Rosenberg
  • Budget

    $2,700,000.00

  • Revenue

    $2,600,000.00

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