Harper
Harper takes a case - and the payoff is murder.
1966 | 121m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Jack Smight |
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| Writer: | William Goldman, Ross Macdonald |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 22, 1966 |
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| Director: | Jack Smight |
| Writer: | William Goldman, Ross Macdonald |
| Genres: | Crime, Mystery, Thriller |
| Keywords | adultery, based on novel or book, husband wife relationship, kidnapping, nightclub, investigation, swimming pool, murder, los angeles, california, divorce, private detective, missing person, nightclub singer, private eye, lew harper, wealthy family |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures, Gershwin-Kastner |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $12,000,000
Budget: $3,500,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
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| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Jack Smight | Director |
| William Goldman | Screenplay |
| Paul Baxley | Stunts, Stunt Coordinator, Stunt Double |
| Dick Crockett | Stunts |
| Harvey Parry | Stunts |
| Tom Steele | Stunts |
| Alfred Sweeney | Art Direction |
| James H. Brown | Assistant Director |
| Gordon Bau | Makeup Supervisor |
| Ross Macdonald | Novel |
| Stefan Arnsten | Editor |
| Claude E. Carpenter | Set Decoration |
| Frank Regula | Boom Operator |
| Jean Burt Reilly | Hair Supervisor |
| Stanley Jones | Sound |
| Chuck Hansen | Unit Manager |
| Wayne Fitzgerald | Title Designer |
| Sol Gorss | Stunts |
| Ann Pat Kelly | Stunts |
| Herb Pacheco | Stunts |
| Joe Pronto | Stunts |
| Jim Sheppard | Stunts |
| Jerry Summers | Stunts |
| Richard Doran | First Assistant Camera |
| Kenneth B. Taylor | Grip |
| Bert Steinberg | Dialogue Coach |
| Tyrus Wong | Art Department Coordinator |
| Sam A. Mides | Stunts |
| Bill Shannon | Stunts |
| Morton C. Thompson | Stunts |
| Willis Holman | Orchestrator |
| Dan Wallin | Scoring Mixer |
| Conrad L. Hall | Director of Photography |
| Johnny Mandel | Original Music Composer, Conductor |
| Gene Coogan | Stunts |
| Bob Herron | Stunts |
| James Turley | Stunts |
| Ron Veto | Stunts |
| Jordan Cronenweth | Assistant Camera, Camera Operator |
| Richard Moore | Camera Operator |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Jerry Gershwin | Producer |
| Elliott Kastner | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 17 | 28 | 12 |
| 2024 | 5 | 20 | 37 | 10 |
| 2024 | 6 | 16 | 28 | 7 |
| 2024 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 9 |
| 2024 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 9 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 6 |
| 2024 | 10 | 13 | 27 | 7 |
| 2024 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 6 |
| 2024 | 12 | 10 | 21 | 5 |
| 2025 | 1 | 12 | 26 | 6 |
| 2025 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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