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The Detective is a 1968 American neo-noir crime drama film directed by Gordon Douglas, produced by Aaron Rosenberg, and starring Frank Sinatra, based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Roderick Thorp.
The Detective: Directed by Gordon Douglas. With Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Ralph Meeker, Jack Klugman. While grappling with his wife's infidelity, an NYPD detective investigates the murder of a gay man, which he discovers is linked to official corruption involving sex and drugs.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Gordon Douglas
- 1968-05-28
In 1968, with The Detective, Sinatra made the transition complete, playing a gritty urban detective on the streets of New York, dealing with a murder and a suicide that end up taking him down the rabbit hole of corruption and conspiracy.
- Gordon Douglas, Richard Lang
- Frank Sinatra
The Detective. "The Detective" contains a fine performance by Frank Sinatra, some very good scenes of police work, and not much else. It is a potentially excellent movie struggling to free itself from a heavy-handed script by Abby Mann and mediocre direction by Gordon Douglas.
When a gay man is viciously slain, Detective Joe Leland (Frank Sinatra) is put on the case. Joe eventually tracks down the victim's roommate, who confesses to the crime and is sentenced to death...
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- Frank Sinatra
- Gordon Douglas
- Crime, Drama, LGBTQ+
Roderick Thorp's novel inspired this account of a Manhattan police detective's investigation into the brutal murder of a homosexual. 293 IMDb 6.5 1 h 53 min 1968. X-Ray 18+.
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New York City police detective Joe Leland is called to the home of a murder victim who has been beaten to death, head crushed, and has had his genitals removed. Puzzled and disgusted, the police on call are left bemused, and Leland holds things together with his direct, no-nonsense approach.
