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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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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.
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.
Top CriticDirector Jack Smight has inserted countless touches which illuminate each character to the highest degree.
Top CriticWilliam 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.
Top CriticHarper shows the actor to good advantage, Newman's nonchalant demeanor well suiting the character of the PI.
Enjoyable performances throughout. Just the same, a very minor Big Sleep.
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[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.
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Newman smoulders in the lead role, a private eye hired by Bacall to find her missing husband.
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