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Watch: Harper 1966 123movies, Full Movie Online – Lew Harper is a Los Angeles based private investigator whose marriage to Susan Harper, who he still loves, is ending in imminent divorce since she can’t stand being second fiddle to his work, which is always taking him away at the most inopportune of times. His latest client is tough talking and physically disabled Elaine Sampson, who wants him to find her wealthy husband, Ralph Sampson, missing now for twenty-four hours, ever since he disappeared at Van Nuys Airport after having just arrived from Vegas. No one seems to like Ralph, Elaine included. She believes he is cavorting with another woman. Harper got the case on the recommendation of the Sampsons’ lawyer and Harper’s personal friend, milquetoast Albert Graves, who is unrequitedly in love with Sampson’s seductive daughter, Miranda Sampson. Miranda, whom Harper later states throws herself at anything “pretty in pants”, also has a decidedly cold relationship with her stepmother, Elaine. As Harper begins his investigation, he is often joined by one or two new sidekicks, Miranda, and/or Allan Taggert, Ralph Sampson’s private pilot who was the last person to see him before his disappearance. Living on the Sampson estate, Taggert is also Miranda’s casual boyfriend, although his heart lies elsewhere. (Harper nicknames Taggert “Beauty” for the latter’s preppy good looks.) It is finally confirmed that Sampson has been kidnapped after a ransom note is received. As Harper follows leads, he ends up in the underbelly of Los Angeles, which includes encounters with Betty Fraley (a junkie lounge singer), Fay Estabrook (an ex-movie ingénue now an overweight alcoholic), and Claude (a religious cult leader). At each of Harper’s stops, people seem to want to beat him up and/or kill him. The case takes a turn after they decide to pay the $500,000 ransom to see where it leads..
Plot: 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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Ratings:

	6.8/10 Votes: 9,679
	100% | RottenTomatoes
	51/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 133 Popularity: 11.298 | TMDB

Reviews:

Newman acclaimed as the new Bogart
The film opens with Harper (Newman), unshaven and gradually awakening from a hangover He puts his head under a faucet, attempts to make coffee but finds none left, and dispiritedly takes yesterday’s grounds from the garbage and makes a perfect1y terrible cup of coffee At once we get Harper’s image as an antihero detective without any illusions

As he is commissioned by Lauren Bacall to trace her wealthy husband who has been kidnapped, the details are filled in: he’s tough, ironic, cool, unpleasant and repugnant Although occasionally given to a moment of sensitivity or remorse, he’s most1y sadistic and exploitative

Harper is a loner, with an air of detachment and an ability to dispatch opponents with a fist and a flippant remark He swings into action only mechanically He chews gum constantly, looks around in an uninteresting manner, makes little disapproving gestures, laughs in total disregards, and smiles mischievously

Harper’s dealings with women are based exclusively on coldness, deception and sexual exploitation He is estranged from his wife and would like to renew his marriage

All the 1960’s cliches on one piece of film!
It’s a “good” thing. From the go-go music and dancing, to the fearless overacting, to the multiple cameos (that Shelley Winters as an over-eating amorous drunk – wow!) by a who’s who of famous actors, this film has everything but snappy editing. Enjoyable mainly for its unpredictability and seeing actors given free reign with their characters (Robert Wagner doing a bad James Cagney out of the blue!).

Enjoyable. If I had reviewed this in the 60’s I’d have given it a “5”. In 2002, I give it an “8”.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 1 min (121 min)
Budget 3500000
Revenue 12000000
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director Jack Smight
Writer William Goldman, Ross Macdonald
Actors Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris
Country United States
Awards 1 win & 3 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 2.39 : 1
Camera Panavision Lenses
Laboratory Technicolor, Hollywood (CA), USA (color)
Film Length 3,325 m (1966) (Finland)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Panavision (anamorphic)
Printed Film Format 35 mm