No way. Not in the same league.
shareIs it as good? No, but it's a very good film if I do say so myself. Newman was a riot as Harper
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I lean towards thinking it's better. Certainly, it wasn't as groundbreaking, but the plot makes a hell of a lot more sense, and Newman is a better actor than Bogart in my opinion.
shareI don't recall that we got many "private eye" films in the 60's. James Bond had launched a big "spy film period."
Though Blake Edwards brought back Craig Stevens to the big screen as Peter Gunn in "Gunn" around the same time.
Anyway, Paul Newman was the biggest star playing a private eye in the 60's. Harper had the biggest and best cast.
Edging in at the end of the decade and the start of a new one: Rod Taylor was a two-fisted Travis McGee in 1970's "Darker Than Amber." Great fight scene at climax with Big Psycho William Smith.