Harper

Harper is a 1966 American neo-noir mystery thriller film directed by Jack Smight from a screenplay by William Goldman, based on the 1949 novel The Moving Target by Ross Macdonald. It stars Paul Newman as private investigator Lew Harper (renamed from the novel's Lew Archer), who is tasked with finding a missing multimillionaire. The cast also features Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris, Arthur Hill, Janet Leigh, Pamela Tiffin, Robert Wagner and Shelley Winters. The film was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on February 23, 1966, and was both a critical and commercial success. Goldman received a 1967 Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay. A sequel, The Drowning Pool, was released in 1975, with Newman reprising his role.