The Detective

(1968)

114 minutes

Crime Drama

Directed by Gordon Douglas

Cast:

Frank Sinatra as Det. Sgt. Joe Leland
Lee Remick as Karen Wagner Leland
Jacqueline Bisset as Norma MacIver
Ralph Meeker as Det. Curran
Jack Klugman as Det. Dave Schoenstein
Horace McMahon as Capt. Tom Farrell
Lloyd Bochner as Dr. Wendell Roberts
William Windom as Colin MacIver
Tony Musante as Felix Tesla
Al Freeman, Jr. as Det. Robbie Loughlin
Robert Duvall as Det. Nestor
Pat Henry as Mercidis
Patrick McVey as Officer Mike Tanner
Dixie Marquis as Carol Linjack
Sugar Ray Robinson as Kelly
Renee Taylor as Rachael Schoenstein
James Inman as Teddy Leikman
Tom Atkins as Officer Jack Harmon
George Plimpton as reporter in the squad room

Joe Leland is a police detective who is trying to solve the mystery behind the killing of a homosexual man. During the investigation he finds connections to exploitation in the big city of New York, which leads to sex and drugs.