"Harper takes a case - and the payoff is murder."

1966

2h 1m

6.7(176 votes)

Mystery

Crime

Thriller

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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Cast & Crew

38 members

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Paul Newman

Lew Harper

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Lauren Bacall

Elaine Sampson

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Julie Harris

Betty Fraley

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Arthur Hill

Albert Graves

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Janet Leigh

Susan Harper

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Pamela Tiffin

Miranda Sampson

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Robert Wagner

Allan Taggert

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Robert Webber

Dwight Troy

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Shelley Winters

Fay Estabrook

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Harold Gould

Sheriff Spanner

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Roy Jenson

Puddler

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Strother Martin

Claude

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Martin West

Deputy

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Jacqueline deWit

Mrs. Kronberg

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Eugene Iglesias

Felix

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Richard Carlyle

Fred Platt

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Al Bain

Bar Patron (uncredited)

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Horace G. Brown

Bartender (uncredited)

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David Cadiente

Immigrant (uncredited)

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Steve Carruthers

Bar Patron (uncredited)

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Gene Coogan

Immigrant (uncredited)

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Mary Gregory

Waitress (uncredited)

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Kathryn Janssen

Telephone Operator (uncredited)

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Chester Jones

Waiter (uncredited)

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Louise Lane

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

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China Lee

Dancer (uncredited)

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James McHale

Cab Driver (uncredited)

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Andres Oropeza

Piano Player (uncredited)

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Murray Pollack

Bar Patron (uncredited)

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Martin Priest

Dancer (uncredited)

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Jerry Rush

Bar Patron (uncredited)

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Cosmo Sardo

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

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Tom Steele

Eddie Rossiter (uncredited)

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Norman Stevans

Bar Patron (uncredited)

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Maxie Thrower

Waiter (uncredited)

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Roseann Williams

Bunny Dancer (uncredited)

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Lewis Marvin

Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

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Herbert Sullivan

Waiter (uncredited)

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