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The Detective (1968)
Directed by Gordon Douglas
“An adult look at a police detective.”
Crime, Mystery, Drama · 1h 54m
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.
Cast
Frank Sinatra
Det. Sgt. Joe Leland
Lee Remick
Karen Wagner Leland
Ralph Meeker
Curran
Jack Klugman
Dave Schoenstein
Horace McMahon
Capt. Tom Farrell
Lloyd Bochner
Dr. Wendell Roberts
William Windom
Colin MacIver
Tony Musante
Felix Tesla
Al Freeman Jr.
Robbie Loughlin
Robert Duvall
Nestor
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Pat Henry
Mercidis
Patrick McVey
Police Officer Mike Tanner
Crew
- Director
- Gordon Douglas
- Screenplay
- Abby Mann
- Writer
- Roderick Thorp
- Novel
- Roderick Thorp
- Director of Photography
- Joseph F. Biroc
- Original Music Composer
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Editor
- Robert L. Simpson
- Producer
- Aaron Rosenberg
Details
- Release date
- 1968-05-28
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Genres
- Crime, Mystery, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Arcola Pictures, 20th Century Fox
- Budget
- $4,490,000
- Box office
- $6,500,000