The read
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes53%
Metacritic48/100
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do.
143 audience votes
Key crew
- Lorenzo Semple Jr.Screenplay
- Tracy Keenan WynnScreenplay
- Walter HillScreenplay
- Stuart RosenbergDirector
- Michael SmallOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Paul NewmanLew Harper
- Joanne WoodwardIris
- Anthony FranciosaBroussard
- Murray HamiltonKilbourne
- Gail StricklandMavis
- Melanie GriffithSchuyler
- Linda HaynesGretchen
- Richard JaeckelFranks
- Paul KosloCandy
- Joe CanuttGlo
- Andrew RobinsonPat Reavis
- Coral BrowneOlivia