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Where does the movie Harper take place?
Los Angeles
Plot. Private investigator Lew Harper skips the appointment to sign his divorce papers when asked to search for multi-millionaire Ralph Sampson, who has disappeared after flying into Los Angeles.
How many Harper movies are there?
Harper1966The Drowning Pool1975
Harper/Movies
Where was the temple on the movie Harper?
Moon Fire Temple
Moon Fire Temple is a sacred garden temple located in the Santa Monica Mountains with a 360 degree panoramic view overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Malibu and the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. The temple was built for the 1966 Paul Newman film, Harper, and is featured prominently as The Temple in the Clouds.
When was Harper made?
February 23, 1966 (USA)Harper / Release date
How old is Steve Mcqueen?
50 years (1930–1980)Steve McQueen / Age at death
Why did Paul Newman agree to do Harper?
According to Allmovie, “Screenwriter William Goldman has claimed that Paul Newman agreed to do Harper (1966), the film that established the grateful writer’s career, only because he was working unhappily on Lady L (1965) in Europe, and was looking for something as unlike that film as possible”. Interesting?
Where did the Newmans live in Connecticut?
The Newmans moved to 11th Street in Manhattan, before buying a home and starting a family in Westport, Connecticut. They were one of the first Hollywood movie star couples to choose to raise their families outside California. They remained married for 50 years until his death in 2008.
What does Harper find when he drives to Sampson’s House?
Driving to a remote mountaintop property that Sampson previously had given to Claude, a bogus holy man for his cult’s temple, Harper evades attempts to distract him and finds a huge kettle of beans cooking, as well as the familiar tire prints.
What are Harper’s encounters with the underbelly of Los Angeles?
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.