The Drowning Pool (film)

The Drowning Pool
Theatrical release poster
Directed byStuart Rosenberg
Screenplay byTracy Keenan Wynn
Lorenzo Semple Jr.
Walter Hill
Based onThe Drowning Pool
1950 novel
by Ross Macdonald
Produced byDavid Foster
Lawrence Turman
StarringPaul Newman
Joanne Woodward
Anthony Franciosa
Murray Hamilton
Gail Strickland
Melanie Griffith
CinematographyGordon Willis
Edited byJohn C. Howard
Music byMichael Small
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • July 10, 1975 (1975-07-10)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
French
Budget$2.7 million
Box office$2.6 million (US and Canada rentals)

The Drowning Pool is a 1975 American mystery thriller film starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, and Anthony Franciosa. Directed by Stuart Rosenberg, the film is based upon Ross Macdonald's novel The Drowning Pool, and is treated as a loose sequel to 1966's Harper with its setting shifted from Southern California to Louisiana.