The Detective

“An adult look at a police detective”

5.9(73)19681h 54m

CrimeMysteryDrama

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

Director

Gordon Douglas

Budget

$4.5M

Revenue

$6.5M

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Cast

Frank Sinatra

Det. Sgt. Joe Leland

Lee Remick

Karen Wagner Leland

Ralph Meeker

Curran

Jack Klugman

Dave Schoenstein

Horace McMahon

Capt. Tom Farrell

Lloyd Bochner

Dr. Wendell Roberts

William Windom

Colin MacIver

Tony Musante

Felix Tesla

Al Freeman Jr.

Robbie Loughlin

Robert Duvall

Nestor

Pat Henry

Mercidis

Patrick McVey

Police Officer Mike Tanner

Reviews

2 reviews

talisencrw

9y ago

8.0

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 tumultuou...

John Chard

7y ago

7.0

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. Wh...