The Drowning Pool
Jul 18, 1975 | IMDB 6.3
109 min Watch NowThriller, Mystery
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.
MOVIE COMMENTS
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Palmetto
Body Count
Mike's Murder
Hammett
Picture Claire
The Three Investigators in The Secret of Terror Castle
Beg
The Spanish Prisoner
Le Trou
Villain
Satan Met a Lady
The Maltese Falcon
Castle in the Desert
El Cortez
Governor Chong
The Man from London
Flic Story
The Two Jakes
The Offence
Murder Mystery 2
SIMILAR MOVIES
Palmetto
IMDB 5.9 | Feb , 1998
After spending two years in prison, framed for accepting a bribe, former newspaper reporter Harry Barber is released, bitter and disillusioned. Feeling like he were owed something for his loss of time, he proceeds to get himself involved in a simple kidnapping plot which turns out to be more complex than he imagined.Body Count
IMDB 5.4 | Apr , 1998
A group of thieves attempt to rob an art gallery, but when plans backfire and one of the men winds up dead, the group head down south, running afoul of the law. Along the way, they meet up with a seductive con artist with ideas of her own.Mike's Murder
IMDB 5.4 | Mar , 1984
Betty has a crush on her tennis instructor Mike. He promises to call her for a date, but never does – she doesn’t know he sells drugs on the side. After botching a deal on someone else’s turf, Mike has to disappear for a while. He contacts Betty – then he’s killed before they can meet. Betty tries to find out what happened, leading her straight into a hornet's nest of vice.Hammett
IMDB 6.2 | Jun , 1982
Chinatown, San Francisco, 1928. Former private detective Dashiell Hammett, a compulsive drinker with tuberculosis who writes pulp fiction for a living, receives an unexpected visit from an old friend asking for help.Picture Claire
IMDB 5.4 | Sep , 2001
Quebec native Claire Beaucage has a one-night stand with a photographer of some renown. Despite the language barrier between them, he invites her to visit him in Toronto. She shows up on his doorstep after an arson attack leaves her homeless, but soon finds herself caught up in a case of murder and mistaken identity.The Three Investigators in The Secret of Terror Castle
IMDB 6.3 | Mar , 2009
A new case for the cult detectives! Not by coincidence, a mysterious videotape falls into the hands of Jupiter Jones, Pete Crenshaw and Bob Andrews during Jupiter's birthday party in Rocky Beach. On it is a recording of Jupiter's long dead parents. In their message they want to communicate to their son the key to an especially tricky riddle.Beg
IMDB 4 | May , 2010
Jack Fox, a burnt out detective, is being forced into early retirement, as the worst serial killer since the Boston Strangler begins a killing spree through the streets of Salem. When detective Steve Ryan moves to town with his family, Jack is torn between a life of retirement and sanity or helping rookie detective Ryan in his quest to solve these killings that are haunting the people of Salem.The Spanish Prisoner
IMDB 6.8 | Dec , 1997
An inventor of a secret process suddenly finds himself alone as both his friends and the corporation he works for turn against him.Le Trou
IMDB 8.3 | Mar , 1960
Four prison inmates have been hatching a plan to literally dig out of jail when another prisoner, Claude Gaspard, is moved into their cell. They take a risk and share their plan with the newcomer. Over the course of three days, the prisoners and friends break through the concrete floor using a bed post and begin to make their way through the sewer system -- yet their escape is anything but assured.Villain
IMDB 6.3 | May , 1971
In 1970s London, Scotland Yard orchestrates the downfall of mob boss Vic Dakin after he crosses the line by blackmailing Members of Parliament.Satan Met a Lady
IMDB 5.8 | Jul , 1936
In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying seductress and a lady jewel thief.The Maltese Falcon
IMDB 6.4 | May , 1931
A lovely dame with dangerous lies employs the services of a private detective, who is quickly caught up in the mystery and intrigue of a statuette known as the Maltese Falcon.Castle in the Desert
IMDB 6.8 | Feb , 1942
Charlie Chan, with son Jimmy on a week's pass from the Army, takes up a request for help at a castle-home, miles from anywhere in the American desert south-west and inhabited by an eccentric, reclusive historian and his wife, a descendant of Lucrezia Borgia. Once there, he finds the request's legitimacy denied by all who are present, but still necessary as one houseguest has already been murdered, the other guests are at each other's throat, and the Borgia-related chatelain is suspected...El Cortez
IMDB 5.6 | Oct , 2006
A man just released from a mental institution gets involved in a gold mine scheme while trying to avoid the cops, a wrathful drug dealer, and a sultry femme fatale.Governor Chong
IMDB 0 | Jul , 1979
The true story of a governor from Phetchaburi province who risked his life daily in order to combat local mobsters up until the day he was brutally murdered while in his car. An infamous news story that shocked millions of Thai people reading the morning paper.The Man from London
IMDB 7.2 | May , 2007
A switchman at a seaside railway witnesses a murder but does not report it after he finds a suitcase full of money at the scene of the crime.Flic Story
IMDB 6.5 | Oct , 1975
The film story depicts Emile Buisson, following the death of his wife and child, escaping from a psychiatric institution in 1947 and returning to Paris. Buisson, who three years later would become France's public enemy number one, begins a murderous rampage through the French capital.The Two Jakes
IMDB 6 | Aug , 1990
Real estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for some run-of-the-mill matrimonial work. After Berman shoots his wife's lover, who happens to be his business partner, Gittes is drawn into a web of conspiracy and deceit involving the oil reserves beneath Los Angeles. While investigating, Gittes hears a voice from his past that causes him to revisit a traumatic case in Chinatown.The Offence
IMDB 6.8 | Jan , 1973
A burned-out British police detective finally snaps while interrogating a suspected child molester.Murder Mystery 2
IMDB 6.4 | Mar , 2023
After starting their own detective agency, Nick and Audrey Spitz land a career-making case when their billionaire pal is kidnapped from his wedding.