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28/05/1968 Crime, Mystery, Drama 1h 54m
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An adult look at a police detective.

Overview

New York City Police detective Joe Leland investigates the grisly murder of Teddy Leikman, the gay son of a politically influential department store owner. While investigating, he discovers links to official corruption in NYC in this drama that delves into a world of sex and drugs, homophobia, homosexuality and bisexuality.

  1. Gordon Douglas

    Director

  2. Roderick Thorp

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Frank Sinatra

    Det. Sgt. Joe Leland

  2. Lee Remick

    Karen Wagner Leland

  3. Ralph Meeker

    Curran

  4. Jack Klugman

    Dave Schoenstein

  5. Horace McMahon

    Capt. Tom Farrell

  6. Lloyd Bochner

    Dr. Wendell Roberts

  7. William Windom

    Colin MacIver

  8. Tony Musante

    Felix Tesla

  9. Al Freeman Jr.

    Robbie Loughlin

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Reviews

A review by talisencrw
Written by talisencrw on 2016-08-04
As I neared the big 5,000 in terms of movies watched (at least according to my admittedly-crapola memory and IMDb), for some odd reason, I thought of Frank Sinatra, whose films I had seen quite a few of recently, and I decided to check out the private-eye films he made in the 60's, when his superstar status, both in terms of acting and performing, began to wane, as tastes changed in that tumultuous decade.

Apart from 'Them!', 'In Like Flint' and a truckload of Our Gang comedic shorts from way back when, I hadn't seen any of director Douglas' works, though he's fine with the material and doe...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$4,490,000.00

Revenue
$6,500,000.00

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