Harper (film)
1966 film by Jack Smight / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Harper (released in the UK as The Moving Target) is a 1966 American mystery film based on Ross Macdonald's 1949 novel The Moving Target and adapted for the screen by novelist William Goldman,[2] who admired MacDonald's writings.[3] The film stars Paul Newman as Lew Harper (Lew Archer in the novel), and was directed by Jack Smight, with a cast that includes Robert Wagner, Julie Harris, Janet Leigh, Shelley Winters, Lauren Bacall, and Arthur Hill.
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Directed by | Jack Smight |
Screenplay by | William Goldman |
Based on | The Moving Target by Ross Macdonald |
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Cinematography | Conrad L. Hall |
Edited by | Stefan Arnsten |
Music by | Johnny Mandel |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $3.5 million |
Box office | $12 million[1] |
The film pays homage to Humphrey Bogart's portrayals of Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe by featuring Lauren Bacall, Bogart's widow, who plays a wounded wife searching for her missing husband, a role similar to General Sternwood in the 1946 Bogart-and-Bacall film The Big Sleep.
Goldman received a 1967 Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay. In 1975, Newman reprised his role in The Drowning Pool.