

The Detective
An adult look at a police detective.
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $4.5M
- Box office
- $6.5M
- Language
- English
- homophobia
- police detective
- lgbt
- gay theme
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG28 May 1968
FranceFR
- TheatricalU30 Oct 1968
GermanyDE
- Theatrical185 Sept 1968
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1215 Nov 1968
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The Detective was released on 28 May 1968.
Audience reviews
2- T8/10
talisencrw
8/4/2016
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 f…
- J7/10
John Chard
1/2/2019
Joe Leland - A decent cop on a murky landscape. The Detective is directed by Gordon Douglas and adapted to screenplay by Abby Mann from the novel written by Roderick Thorp. It stars Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Ralph Meeker, Jack Klugman, Horace MacMahon, Lloyd Bochner and Jacqueline Bissset. A Panavision/Deluxe Color production with photography by Joseph Biroc and music by Jerry Goldsmith. When a homosexual man …
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