Harper

Harper (1966)Cast and Crew

Movie"Harper takes a case - and the payoff is murder."

Cast

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Paul Newman
as Lew Harper
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Lauren Bacall
as Elaine Sampson
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Julie Harris
as Betty Fraley
A
Arthur Hill
as Albert Graves
J
Janet Leigh
as Susan Harper
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Pamela Tiffin
as Miranda Sampson
R
Robert Wagner
as Allan Taggert
R
Robert Webber
as Dwight Troy
S
Shelley Winters
as Fay Estabrook
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Harold Gould
as Sheriff Spanner
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Roy Jenson
as Puddler
S
Strother Martin
as Claude
M
Martin West
as Deputy
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Jacqueline deWit
as Mrs. Kronberg
E
Eugene Iglesias
as Felix
R
Richard Carlyle
as Fred Platt
A
Al Bain
as Bar Patron (uncredited)
H
Horace G. Brown
as Bartender (uncredited)
D
David Cadiente
as Immigrant (uncredited)
S
Steve Carruthers
as Bar Patron (uncredited)
G
Gene Coogan
as Immigrant (uncredited)
M
Mary Gregory
as Waitress (uncredited)
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Kathryn Janssen
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
C
Chester Jones
as Waiter (uncredited)
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Louise Lane
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
C
China Lee
as Dancer (uncredited)
J
James McHale
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
A
Andres Oropeza
as Piano Player (uncredited)
M
Murray Pollack
as Bar Patron (uncredited)
M
Martin Priest
as Dancer (uncredited)
J
Jerry Rush
as Bar Patron (uncredited)
C
Cosmo Sardo
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
T
Tom Steele
as Eddie Rossiter (uncredited)
N
Norman Stevans
as Bar Patron (uncredited)
M
Maxie Thrower
as Waiter (uncredited)
R
Roseann Williams
as Bunny Dancer (uncredited)
L
Lewis Marvin
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
H
Herbert Sullivan
as Waiter (uncredited)

Crew

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Jack Smight
Director
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William Goldman
Screenplay
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Ross Macdonald
Novel
C
Claude E. Carpenter
Set Decoration
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Elliott Kastner
Producer
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Alfred Sweeney
Art Direction
C
Conrad L. Hall
Director of Photography
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Stefan Arnsten
Editor
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Frank Regula
Boom Operator
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Paul Baxley
Stunt Coordinator
J
Jerry Gershwin
Producer
J
James H. Brown
Assistant Director
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Wayne Fitzgerald
Title Designer
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Stanley Jones
Sound
C
Chuck Hansen
Unit Manager
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Jean Burt Reilly
Hair Supervisor
J
Johnny Mandel
Original Music Composer
G
Gordon Bau
Makeup Supervisor
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Tyrus Wong
Art Department Coordinator
J
Joe Pronto
Stunts
T
Tom Steele
Stunts
J
James Turley
Stunts
S
Sam A. Mides
Stunts
A
Ann Pat Kelly
Stunts
D
Dick Crockett
Stunts
J
Jerry Summers
Stunts
S
Sol Gorss
Stunts
H
Herb Pacheco
Stunts
M
Morton C. Thompson
Stunts
P
Paul Baxley
Stunt Double
H
Harvey Parry
Stunts
P
Paul Baxley
Stunts
B
Bill Shannon
Stunts
J
Jim Sheppard
Stunts
G
Gene Coogan
Stunts
B
Bob Herron
Stunts
D
Dan Wallin
Scoring Mixer
B
Bert Steinberg
Dialogue Coach
R
Richard Doran
First Assistant Camera
K
Kenneth B. Taylor
Grip
J
Jordan Cronenweth
Assistant Camera
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Willis Holman
Orchestrator
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Johnny Mandel
Conductor
J
Jordan Cronenweth
Camera Operator
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Richard Moore
Camera Operator
R
Ron Veto
Stunts

Lew Harper Collection

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, who admired MacDonald's writings. The film stars Paul Newman as Lew Harper (Lew Archer in the novel). It is directed by Jack Smight, with an ensemble cast that includes Robert Wagner, Julie Harris, Janet Leigh, Shelley Winters and Arthur Hill. The film pays homage to Humphrey Bogart's portrayals of Sam Spade and Phillip Marlowe by featuring Bogart's widow, Lauren Bacall, 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. In 1975, Newman reprised the role in The Drowning Pool.