Harper

About Harper

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.

Harper (1966) is a crime mystery film directed by Jack Smight. At 121 minutes long, it arrived in February 1966.

Its themes are adultery, divorce, missing person, and nightclub. The film began as a novel.

Paul Newman takes the lead as Lew Harper, Lauren Bacall as Elaine Sampson, Julie Harris as Betty Fraley, and Arthur Hill as Albert Graves. The screenplay is by William Goldman.

Let's Be Cops, Kiss the Girls, and Devil in a Blue Dress make useful companions to Harper, all filed under investigation, kidnapping, and murder. TMDB voters put it at 6.7 out of 10 across 204 votes and it carries a NR rating.