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Harper takes a case - and the payoff is murder. - Harper
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Title: Harper

Release Date: 22 Feb 1966

Runtime: 2h 1m

Genre: Mystery, Crime, Thriller

Director: Gershwin-Kastner, Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Companies: Gershwin-Kastner, Warner Bros. Pictures

Overview: 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.7 (171 votes)

Cast

  • Lew Harper: Paul Newman
  • Elaine Sampson: Lauren Bacall
  • Betty Fraley: Julie Harris
  • Albert Graves: Arthur Hill
  • Susan Harper: Janet Leigh
  • Miranda Sampson: Pamela Tiffin
  • Allan Taggert: Robert Wagner
  • Dwight Troy: Robert Webber
  • Fay Estabrook: Shelley Winters
  • Sheriff Spanner: Harold Gould
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