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The Detective

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6.0/10 • 70

1968-05-281h 54m

CrimeMysteryDrama

An adult look at a police detective

Police detective Joe Leland investigates the murder of a gay man.

Directors
Gordon Douglas
Writters
Roderick Thorp
Editors
Roderick Thorp, Robert L. Simpson

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  1. Frank Sinatra

    Frank Sinatra

    Det. Sgt. Joe Leland

  2. Lee Remick

    Lee Remick

    Karen Wagner Leland

  3. Ralph Meeker

    Ralph Meeker

    Curran

  4. Jack Klugman

    Jack Klugman

    Dave Schoenstein

  5. Horace McMahon

    Horace McMahon

    Capt. Tom Farrell

  6. Lloyd Bochner

    Lloyd Bochner

    Dr. Wendell Roberts

  7. William Windom

    William Windom

    Colin MacIver

  8. Tony Musante

    Tony Musante

    Felix Tesla

  9. Al Freeman Jr.

    Al Freeman Jr.

    Robbie Loughlin

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talisencrw

Aug 4, 2016

8/10

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 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!

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$4,490,000.00
Revenue
$6,500,000.00
Keywords
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