Harper (1966)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.0/10   

Director:

Jack Smight

Escritores:

William Goldman (screenplay)
Ross Macdonald (novel)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

23 febrero 1966 (USA)

Género:

Crimen | Misterio | Drama

Frase comercial:

This is a different kind of cat named Harper... and excitement clings to him like a dame!

Plot:

Lew Harper, a cool private investigator, is hired by a wealthy California matron to locate her kidnapped husband.

Plot Keywords:

Los Angeles California | Kidnapping | Scam | Neo Noir | Cynic

Premios:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Good movie version of the book

Reparto

Paul Newman	...	Lew Harper
Lauren Bacall	...	Mrs. Sampson
Julie Harris	...	Betty Fraley
Arthur Hill	...	Albert Graves
Janet Leigh	...	Susan Harper
Pamela Tiffin	...	Miranda Sampson
Robert Wagner	...	Allan Taggert
Robert Webber	...	Dwight Troy
Shelley Winters	...	Fay Estabrook
Harold Gould	...	Sheriff
Roy Jenson	...	Puddler
Strother Martin	...	Claude
Martin West	...	Deputy
Jacqueline deWit	...	Mrs. Kronberg (as Jacqueline de Wit)
Eugene Iglesias	...	Felix

También conocida como:

The Moving Target (UK)
Harper, investigador privado (Spain) [es]

Duración:

121 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Australia:PG (TV rating) | USA:Approved (certificate #21071) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15

Locaciones de Filmación:

Beverly House - N. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA

Compañía:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivialidades:

The character Lew Harper is based on novelist Ross Macdonald's character Lew Archer. The name was changed for the film supposedly because Paul Newman had recently enjoyed success with Hud (1963) and the producers wanted the movie's title to begin with "H". Also, the Macdonald estate did not want the name "Archer" used in the movie.

Errores:

Errores cometidos por los personajes (posiblemente errores deliberados por los cineastas): When Harper is first talking to Mrs. Sampson, she obviously moves her legs under the towel that is over her. She is supposed to be paralyzed and wheelchair bound because of a riding accident.

Citas:

Fay Estabrook: You. you've killed him in cold blood!
Lew Archer: And if you don't shut up your yelling, I'll kill you, too!
Fay Estabrook: Oh, please don't hurt me! I'll give you anything, everything I own!
Lew Archer: Mmmmm, rich choice! I'll take your shoes!

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Drive-in Movie Memories (2001)

Banda de Sonido:

Livin' Alone

Good movie version of the book

I just read "The Moving Target" by Ross Macdonald, the book upon which "Harper" is based. Given that the book was written in 1949 and "Harper" was contemporary (1966) when made, the movie follows the novel pretty darn close. Many of the scenes are done almost verbatim from the book. Harper is more acerbic than Macdonald's Lew Archer, and the novel, of course, fleshes out the characters and their motives a little better. But I think the movie stands up pretty well by itself. It has an outstanding supporting cast and, except for Pamela Tiffin, the acting is good, with high marks especially for Paul Newman and, in my opinion, Arthur Hill. The photography is gorgeous, and I can listen all night to any music by Johnny Mandel. All that and those great one-liners by Newman! I'd give it a 7 or 8 out of ten.