Harper

Academy Award winner Paul Newman stars with Hollywood legends LaurenBacall, Janet Leigh and Julie Harris as the tough guy Los Angelesprivate detective Lew Harper.Down on his luck and almost broke, Harper(Newman--Road to Perdition) takes a job finding the missing husband ofElaine Sampson (Bacall--Birth). But what should be a simple case takesHarper on a downward spiral through the dark side of the entertainmentcapital.The screenplay by Academy Award winner William Goldman (ButchCassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President's Men) was based on RossMacDonald's novel The Moving Target.