Harper (1966)
While Paul Newman spent the first half of his career playing sexy bad boys with an attitude problem, he easily transitioned to tired cynics with a rebellious edge leftover. If you’re wondering where it all started, rent Harper. Paul plays a private detective who gets in over his head while trying to find Lauren Bacall’s husband, and while he’s still young and charming in 1966, he acts like he’s been doing the same thing for too long but he doesn’t know what else to do. For example, there’s a scene where he goes to a restaurant and pumps the hostess and the bartender for information using the exact same verbiage. The hostess says she could tell he was a bookie; he says, “No kidding? You really could tell, huh?” Then the bartender says he could tell he was from Las Vegas; he says, “No kidding? You really could tell, huh?” The second time he says it, you can feel his exhaustion behind the inflection. He’s done this routine a hundred times before.
If you like 1960s detective movies, you’ll probably want to check this one out. I liked the Tony Rome movies better because there was more humor in them, and Harper is more of a straight drama. My favorite scenes were the ones with Shelley Winters, since she was fun and frisky; what a cute character! It wasn’t very nice, though, when the other characters talked about her getting fat and letting herself go. I hope she didn’t have hurt feelings.
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If you like 1960s detective movies, you’ll probably want to check this one out. I liked the Tony Rome movies better because there was more humor in them, and Harper is more of a straight drama. My favorite scenes were the ones with Shelley Winters, since she was fun and frisky; what a cute character! It wasn’t very nice, though, when the other characters talked about her getting fat and letting herself go. I hope she didn’t have hurt feelings.
Want to watch it? Click here to see it on ok.ru and thanks "Tommy Smith" for posting!
More Paul Newman movies here!
More Shelley Winters movies here!