Newman smoulders in the lead role, a private eye hired by Bacall to find her missing husband.
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05/24/03
Harper (1966)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:16
Rotten:0
Average Rating:7.1/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 1 min
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: The name may have been changed to Harper to capitalize on Paul Newman's recent success with HUD (1963), but this private-eye mystery is unmistakably based on a Ross MacDonald Lew Archer novel. When... [More]
Starring: Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris, Shelley Winters
Director: Jack Smight
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Reviews for Harper
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William Goldman's adaptation of MacDonald's novel -- his first solo screenwriting credit -- is full of rapid-fire dialogue, but some of the characterizations are thin.
09/30/08
By combining flamboyant suspense with a sunbaked slice of life and lots of good mean fun, Director Smight makes every clue a pleasure to follow.
09/30/08
[Newman] is too fresh, too ruggedly good looking to be consistent as the sort of beat-up slob that his shady detective is intended to be and as Mr. Bogart used to be.
05/09/05
Enjoyable performances throughout. Just the same, a very minor Big Sleep.
02/09/06
Supported by colorful characters (played by Lauren Bacall, Shelley Winters, Julie Harris), Paul Newman gives a solid performance in his first private detective role, which catapulted him to major stardom and brought the genre back to the mainstream.
11/27/08
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04/29/05
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08/21/03
Harper shows the actor to good advantage, Newman's nonchalant demeanor well suiting the character of the PI.
12/29/06
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09/20/05
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09/17/04
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07/04/05
Director Jack Smight has inserted countless touches which illuminate each character to the highest degree.
09/30/08
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