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Few leads are found, other than the fact that a housemate of the victim remains conspicuous by his absence. All the while notions about the victim's sexuality and personal interests warp the ideals of the officers assigned to the task. Leland tries to remain focused on the case while dealing with the
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marked a move towards — and was billed as — a more "adult" approach to depicting the life and work of a police detective while confronting, for one of the first times in mainstream cinema, previously taboo subjects such as homosexuality. Here, the detective in question is Joe Leland, who is trying to
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Leland and partner Dave Schoenstein follow leads. A psychiatrist, Dr. Roberts, clearly knows more about the dead man, Colin MacIver, than he is willing to reveal. The therapist also is familiar with Karen Leland, whose infidelity is putting a great strain on the detective's home life and distracting
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MacIver made a taped confession to Dr. Roberts in which he also explains that he used the doctor's name as a front in his real estate scheme. Roberts insists that Leland keep MacIver's confession secret to preserve the detective's professional reputation as well as the powerful interests who do not
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praised his performance and the concept of the film, stating: "It is pretty clear that Sinatra wanted 'The Detective' to be as good a movie as he could manage. It provides a clear, unsentimental look at a police investigation, and even the language reflects the way cops (and the rest of us) talk."
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Leland soon learns that certain powerful interests in the city do not want him to ask questions about their scheme to inflate the value of real estate. Leland discovers MacIver is at the center of the scheme. The incorruptible detective presses on, at risk to his career and life, as he discovers a
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Eventually, the victim's housemate is identified as Felix Tesla, and he is soon tracked down by Leland and another detective. Leland makes a psychologically disturbed Tesla crack and coaxes a confession out of him. This results in extensive publicity, a promotion for Leland, and the electric chair
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without pictures." As for the movie, he wrote, "Although it makes some valid comments about contemporary society, it exploits its lurid subject matter in a show-offy, heavy-handed way designed as much to tease as to teach compassion." He praised it for being "a film of transition. It deals with
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lurid relationship between the man's suicide and the previous murder. MacIver had met the victim after going to a gay club to "get out of my system." MacIver then proceeded to murder him following the victim's remarks about being able to recognize MacIver as a homosexual.
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against its $ 4.49 million budget. According to Fox records, the film required $ 8.8 million in rentals to break even. By 11 December 1970, it had made $ 10.2 million, therefore making a profit for the studio.
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want their crimes exposed. The film ends after Leland has revealed the truth and is happy to let the chips fall where they may, having unburdened himself of his guilt over Tesla's wrongful execution.
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Critical reception was mostly positive, with Sinatra receiving praise for delivering one of his most intense and dedicated acting performances.
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New York City police detective Joe Leland is called to the home of a murder victim who has been beaten to death, head crushed, and has had his
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removed. Puzzled and disgusted, the police on call are left bemused, and Leland holds things together with his direct, no-nonsense approach.
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juggle marital issues with a murder case that seemed to be open-and-shut at first but runs much deeper than he could have imagined.
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thought that the Thorp novel on which the film is based "had all the literary grace of a mile-long
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commented: "Sinatra has honed his laconic, hep veneer to the point of maximum credibility."
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was released on DVD by 20th Century Fox in 2005 as part of a boxed set that included
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for Tesla, which distresses Leland because it is clear to him that Tesla is insane.
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was Sinatra's fourth collaboration with director Douglas, having worked together on
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Later, across town, a man kills himself by jumping from the rooftop of the
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cast as Norma MacIver, a role that was eventually taken by
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Joe (Frank Sinatra) and Karen (Lee Remick) watching a
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In 1979, Roderick Thorp wrote a sequel to his novel
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Index


Gordon Douglas
Abby Mann
The Detective
Roderick Thorp
Aaron Rosenberg
Frank Sinatra
Lee Remick
Ralph Meeker
Jack Klugman
Lloyd Bochner
William Windom
Tony Musante
Al Freeman, Jr.
Robert Duvall
Jacqueline Bisset
Joseph Biroc
Robert L. Simpson
Jerry Goldsmith
20th Century Fox
neo-noir
crime drama film
Gordon Douglas
Aaron Rosenberg
Frank Sinatra
novel of the same name
Roderick Thorp
Lee Remick
Jacqueline Bisset
Jack Klugman

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