The Drowning Pool (1975)
"Harper days are here again..."
ThumbScore
👍 72%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 50%
(RT: 53%, MC: 48) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Joanne Woodward as Iris Devereaux
Richard Derr as James Devereaux
Gail Strickland as Mavis Kilbourne
Linda Haynes as Gretchen
Is The Drowning Pool good?
Most people think so. 72% audience score, estimated from 145 TMDB ratings. Critics scored it lower at 50%, but audiences disagreed.
Overview
Harper is brought to Louisiana to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her daughter. He eventually finds himself caught in a power struggle between the matriarch of the family and a greedy oil baron, who wants their property. Poor Harper! Things are not as straight-forward as they initially appeared. Wikipedia ↗
