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.

• DirectorStuart Rosenberg
• Release18 July 1975
• Genre
  Thriller / Mystery
• Duration1h 49m
• Budget$2,700,000
• Revenue$2,600,000
• Rate
  

  6.3
  125 reviews
• Productions

  First Artists, Coleytown, The Turman-Foster Company, David Foster Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures