IMDb plot summary: Police detective Joe Leland investigates the murder of a gay 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.
Directed by Gordon Douglas. Starring Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Ralph Meeker, and Jack Klugman.
While the portrayal of the LGBT community in this movie has not aged particularly well, it is a much more compelling detective film than Frank Sinatra and director Gordon Douglas' other 1968 release, Lady in Cement. It was especially refreshing in contrast to Coogan's Bluff, another cop movie from the same era that was much more uncritical of the "by any means necessary" macho toughness. This one feels like it takes the question of doing the right thing in a corrupt system much more seriously, and I appreciate that. A pretty interesting movie, especially in a genre that tends to bore me.
How it entered my Flickchart:
The Detective > Easy Virtue
The Detective < Seven Up!
The Detective > Jackie
The Detective < The Country Girl
The Detective > Spanglish
The Detective > Gone in 60 Seconds
The Detective < 28 Up
The Detective > The Death of Stalin
The Detective > The Long Day Closes
The Detective < Christmas in Connecticut
The Detective < Laurence Anyways
The Detective > Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Final spot: #1006 out of 3129.
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