Police detective Joe Leland investigates the murder of a gay man. While investigating, he discovers links to official corruption in New York City in this drama that delves into a world of sex and drugs.... (Full plot summary below)
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Police detective Joe Leland investigates the murder of a gay man. While investigating, he discovers links to official corruption in New York City in this drama that delves into a world of sex and drugs.
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThe modest film questions city hall corruption, shoddy police work, police brutality, cover-ups and gay bashing. |
| Creative LoafingMatt BrunsonSome of the content involving homosexuality now seems dated, but as a police procedural, it's a compelling watch. |
| User ReviewNate TCruising (1980) in the 1960's. Well done re-teaming of Gordon Douglas and Frank Sinatra. On Blu-ray. |
| User ReviewMiranda BI loved the fact that Frank did these movies and was not afraid...dealing with homosexuality, race, drugs... |
| User ReviewMister CA gripping and riveting performance from Frank Sinatra in a role that you would never expect from The Chairman of the Board(in a rare form beyond the glare) and the subject matter so intense it will leave you asking for more. Released in 1968,this was one of the few films that explored police corruption within the force,brutality,and not to mention to taboo subject of homosexuality which shocked audiences with it was release which included scenes depicting of a frank and shocking nature. Based on the gripping novel by Roderick Thorpe with a ripping screenplay by Abby Mann and Directed by Gordon Douglas. This was the first Sinatra film to received an "R" rating for its use of strong language and explicit subject matter. Jack Klugman, Lee Remick, Robert Duvall, Tony Mustante, and William Windom star. |
| User ReviewSteve BI LIVED IN 1968 HARD TO IMAGINE THAT OTHER WORLD, BUT IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK, THIS 5 STAR PIECE WILL DO IT. THESE MOVIES HAVE SO MUCH MORE THAN THE MOVIES TODAY. FANTASTICALLY ACTED MASTERPIECE, SURE ITS GOT SOME FOIBLES BUT WHAT MOVIES DOESN'T |
| User ReviewMarc GEntertaining crime thriller with Frank Sinatra & Lee Remick giving an enjoyable & convincing performances. A time capsule back to the 60's. |
| User ReviewWilliam WAs 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 does quite a good, if craftmanlike, job here. Sinatra must have been comfortable with him--they worked together earlier in films as diverse as Doris Day's 'So This Is Love' and the Rat Pack's 'Robin and the 7 Hoods'. I loved how he was obviously fascinated with Lee Remick's eyes and really took advantage of Panavision's 2.35:1 aspect ratio to show how captivated she was with Sinatra's Joe Leland and therefore couldn't dismiss him entirely from her life. It struck me, after recently seeing films from just a few years before, like 'The Manchurian Candidate' and 'Some Came Running', how Sinatra's party days were starting here to catch up with him, but his work here was solid, and I would heartily recommend it, both for fans of his work and of detective tales from the period in general. I now look forward to others he did in the era (also for Douglas): 'Tony Rome' and its sequel, 'Lady in Cement'. Odd that he wanted his wife-at-the-time, Mia Farrow, to play the part that eventually went to Jacqueline Bisset, that she refused (the film she was working on was behind schedule), so he went to the set of 'Rosemary's Baby' and served her divorce papers! Ouch! |
| User ReviewKen Npossibly one of the best police dramas. dated attitudes are the only detractor |
| User ReviewVadim DFrank Sinatra gives a gritty performnce in the crime thriller The Detective. It is pretty clear that Sinatra wanted The Detective to be as good a movie as he could manage, It provides a clear, unsentimental look at a police investigation, and even the language reflects the way cops and the rest of us talk. |
