The Detective (1968)
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42% of users liked it
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Frank Sinatra gives a gritty performance in the crime thriller The Detective. When Teddy Leikman, the homosexual son of a politically connected department-store magnate, is murdered, detective Joe Leland (Frank Sinatra) is sent in to investigate. Leland drags in Teddy's psychotic former roommate… More Frank Sinatra gives a gritty performance in the crime thriller The Detective. When Teddy Leikman, the homosexual son of a politically connected department-store magnate, is murdered, detective Joe Leland (Frank Sinatra) is sent in to investigate. Leland drags in Teddy's psychotic former roommate Felix Tesla (Tony Musante) and forces a confession out of him; for his work on the case Leland gets a promotion, which troubles him. Afterwards, Norma MacIver (Jacqueline Bisset), the widow of a well-heeled accountant, comes to see Leland. Her husband was killed after falling off the grandstand at a racetrack -- but Norma thinks he was pushed. She asks Leland to investigate her husband's death. Reopening the case, Leland discovers that the police are opposed to him scratching around any further, and after an attempt on his life, he uncovers some startling evidence that may connect the two deaths. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- Gordon Douglas
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
- In Theaters
- May 28, 1968 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Chuck O'Leary, FulvueDrive-in.com
While it no longer has the lurid shock effect it did in 1968, the film still holds up as an absorbing, realistic police procedural. One of Sinatra's best films.
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Cast
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Frank Sinatra
as Joe Leland
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Lee Remick
as Karen
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Ralph Meeker
as Curran
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Jacqueline Bisset
as Norma Maciver
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Jack Klugman
as Dave
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Horace McMahon
as Farrell
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Lloyd Bochner
as Dr. Roberts
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Tony Musante
as Felix
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Al Freeman Jr.
as Robbie
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Robert Duvall
as Nestor
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Tom Atkins
as Harmon
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Marion Brash
as Prostitute
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James Dukas
as Medical Examiner
- Don Fellows
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Sharon Henesy
as Sharon
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Pat Henry
as Mercidis
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Richard Krisher
as Matt Henderson
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Dixie Marquis
as Carol Linjack
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Patrick McVey
as Tanner
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George Plimpton
as Reporter
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Sugar Ray Robinson
as Kelly
- Arnold Soboloff
- Philip Sterling
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Renée Taylor
as Rachael Schoenstein
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William Windom
as Colin MacIver
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Peg Murray
as Girl at Party
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Earl Montgomery Jr.
as Desk Clerk
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Lou Nelson
as Procurer
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Jilly Rizzo
as Bartender
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Ted Beniades
as Reporter
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Mark Dawson
as Desk Sergeant
- Paul Larson
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José Rodríguez
as Boy in Police Station