"Harper takes a case - and the payoff is murder."
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Need to watch 'Harper' on your TV or mobile device at home? Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Jack Smight-directed movie via subscription can be tricky, so we here at Moviefone want to do the heavy lifting.

Below, you'll find a number of top-tier streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'Harper' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'Harper' right now, here are some finer points about the Gershwin-Kastner, Warner Bros. Pictures mystery flick.

Released February 22nd, 1966, 'Harper' stars Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris, Arthur Hill The NR movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 1 min, and received a user score of 67 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 158 knowledgeable users.

What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an illegal-alien smuggling ring."

'Harper' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Apple iTunes, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, and Tubi TV .

'Harper' Release Dates

Watch in Movie Theaters on March 30th, 1966

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Harper (released in the UK as The Moving Target) is a 1966 American mystery film based on Ross Macdonald's 1949 novel The Moving Target and adapted for the screen by novelist William Goldman, who admired MacDonald's writings. The film stars Paul Newman as Lew Harper (Lew Archer in the novel). It is directed by Jack Smight, with an ensemble cast that includes Robert Wagner, Julie Harris, Janet Leigh, Shelley Winters and Arthur Hill. The film pays homage to Humphrey Bogart's portrayals of Sam Spade and Phillip Marlowe by featuring Bogart's widow, Lauren Bacall, who plays a wounded wife searching for her missing husband, a role similar to General Sternwood in the 1946 Bogart-and-Bacall film, The Big Sleep. In 1975, Newman reprised the role in The Drowning Pool.