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Harper(Movie, 1966)

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| 2h 1min | Genre: Crime
HarperRating: 3.3/5 (with 6969 votes)
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), and was directed by Jack Smight, with a cast that includes Robert Wagner, Julie Harris, Janet Leigh, Shelley Winters, Lauren Bacall, and Arthur Hill. The film pays homage to Humphrey Bogart's portrayals of Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe by featuring Lauren Bacall, Bo... ()
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About Harper

Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an illegal-alien smuggling ring.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: California
Based on the work of: Ross Macdonald ("The Moving Target")
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 22 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 02/22/1966
Director: Jack Smight
Screenwriter: William Goldman
Film Editor: Stefan Arnsten
Director of Photography: Conrad Hall
Composer: Johnny Mandel
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Harper, O Caçador de Aventuras"
"Приватни детектив (Харпер)"
Budget: 3,500,000 USD
Revenue: 12,000,000 USD (= 343%)

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