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Which detective did Paul Newman play in Harper?
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Paul Newman, 1956.
In the 1966 film Harper, Paul Newman played the title character, Lew Harper. He is depicted as a hip, hard-drinking, and cynical private detective. Newman later reprised this role in the 1975 sequel, The Drowning Pool.12