HARPER (1966)

Private detective Lew Harper (Paul Newman) is hired by a rich, cynical matron (Lauren Bacall) to find her missing shitheel husband, whom she could care less about. His quest involves him with a former DA and pal turned bad guy(Arthur Hill); the matron's dimwitted, jealous stepdaughter (Pamela Tiffin) and her lover (Robert Wagner); cultured evil-man (Robert Webber) and uncultured evil-man (Roy Jenson, Eternal Thug); a fat, blowsy former movie star (Shelley Winters); a junkie jazz pianist (Julie Harris), and a fake guru (Strother Martin)--a great cast for that era. Their only job is to provide a playground for Newman's patented grinning, leering and cynicism--but, as usual, he's good at it. Entertaining film.