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Name: The Detective
Released: 1968-5-28
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Ralph Meeker, Jack Klugman, Lloyd Bochner

The Detective

NR
1h 54m
1968

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Police detective Joe Leland (Frank Sinatra) investigates the murder of a homosexual 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. Based on the Roderick Thorpe novel.

Director:

Gordon Douglas

Producer:

Aaron Rosenberg

Writer:

Abby Mann

Cast:

Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Ralph Meeker, Jack Klugman, Lloyd Bochner, William Windom, Tony Musante, Al Freeman Jr., Robert Duvall, Pat Henry, Jacqueline Bisset, Jose Rodriguez

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

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Reviews

IONCINEMA.com

Nicholas Bell

Featuring a compelling and notable performance from Frank Sinatra, The Detective is an enjoyable neo-noir from the late 60s reflecting realistic attitudes towards queer characters.

Unpolished in spots, but it's a major, influential stepping stone in the neo-noir movement.

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Los Angeles Free Press

Stephen Farber

The Detective belongs to its writer, Abby Mann, and he has made it into the kind of "tough," "hard-hitting," "socially conscious" picture that Hollywood used to pride itself on.

There's so much particularity that the film goes from bad to good to smashing and back to good in the briefest quarters.

...one of the first true neo-noirs.

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