Harper

Harper

1966 · 121 min · EN · NR · 6.7 (150 votes)
Dir. Jack Smight · Starring Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris, Arthur Hill, Janet Leigh, Pamela Tiffin · Music Johnny Mandel · Lew Harper Collection

Harper takes a case - and the payoff is murder.

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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.

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A weary, cynical private eye navigates the sun-drenched, yet morally bankrupt, underbelly of Los Angeles. It’s a classic noir mood, full of smoky rooms, shady dealings, and the slow unraveling of a wealthy family’s secrets.

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