Harper

Name: Harper
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1966-02-22
Duration: 2 h 1 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris, Arthur Hill, Janet Leigh

Harper takes a case - and the payoff is murder.

Harper (1966)

Timing: 2:1 (121 min)

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Video for the film Harper — HARPER Original Trailer [1966] Remastered in 4K

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Release date

1966-02-22

Country

United States

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures, Gershwin-Kastner

Genre

Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Budget

$3 500 000

Box office

$12 000 000

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Director

Jack Smight

Actors

Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris, Arthur Hill, Janet Leigh, Pamela Tiffin, Robert Wagner, Robert Webber, Shelley Winters, Harold Gould
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Scenario

Producer

Elliott Kastner, Jerry Gershwin

Camera operator

Conrad L. Hall

Composer

Johnny Mandel

Artist

Audition

Editing

Stefan Arnsten
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Short description

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.

What's left behind the scenes

Writer Ross Macdonald did not allow the use of the detective's book name – Lew Archer, and superstitious producers decided to name the film with the letter 'H', referencing the success of the 1963 film 'Hud' starring Newman.
Writer Ross Macdonald did not allow the use of the detective's book name—Lew Archer—and superstitious producers decided to name the film with the letter "H," referencing the success of the 1963 film "Hud" starring Newman.