Harper

Crime, Drama, Mystery

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

Director	Jack Smight
Producer	Elliott Kastner; Jerry Gershwin
Writer	William Goldman; Ross Macdonald

Paul Newman memorably plays the title role in this box-office hit based on Ross MacDonald's The Moving Target. The first detective film in Newman's then 23-film career, Harper revitalized the genre. Newman's sleuth chews gum fast... and slips out of jams ever faster as he unravels a twisted case of kidnapping and murder. William Goldman's clever script throws quips and a parade of LA-LA-Land characters Harper's way. There's a woman of means (Lauren Bacall), a gun-toting attorney (Arthur Hill), a poolside gigolo (Robert Wagner), a boozy ex-starlet (Shelley Winters), a jazz junkie (Julie Harris), Harper's estranged wife (Janet Leigh) and the unholy order of the Temple of the Clouds (led by Strother Martin). Each may possess a clue. Or a bullet for Harper.