Apple TVHarper (1966)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.0
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Apple TV
Google PlayBias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Apple TVGoogle PlayDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film is a classic neo-noir detective story that explores moral ambiguity and corruption among the wealthy, with a cynical but principled individual protagonist. It does not explicitly promote a specific political ideology, focusing instead on character and genre conventions.
The movie "Harper" features a cast and narrative consistent with its 1960s production, focusing on a traditional male protagonist without explicit DEI-driven casting or thematic critiques of traditional identities.
Secondary
The film 'Harper' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on a private investigator's search for a missing person, with no explicit or implicit queer representation present in the plot or character arcs.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "Harper" (1966) is an adaptation of Ross Macdonald's novel "The Moving Target." All major characters, including the protagonist Lew Harper (originally Lew Archer), maintain their established gender from the source material in the film adaptation.
The 1966 film "Harper" is the first adaptation of Ross Macdonald's novel "The Moving Target." There is no evidence that any character, canonically established as one race in the source material, was portrayed by an actor of a different race in this film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
7.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
6.8
6.7
Critic Ratings
9.5
5.1
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