Cruising (1980)

Review: Cruising (1980)

Director: William Friedkin

Cast: Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen, Richard Cox, Don Scardino,

Al Pacino
Al Pacino
Paul Sorvino
Paul Sorvino
Karen Allen
Karen Allen
Richard Cox
Richard Cox
Don Scardino
Don Scardino

Plot: A serial killer brutally slays and dismembers several gay men in New York's S&M and leather districts. The young police officer Steve Burns is sent undercover onto the streets as a decoy for the murderer. Working almost completely isolated from his department, he has to learn and practice the complex rules and signals of this little society.

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The transgressive art of William Friedkin

The transgressive art of William Friedkin

William Friedkin’s death in August prompted a look back at his most significant work from the ’70s and ’80s, a run of movies which were controversial and only intermittently commercially successful. At his best, Friedkin’s […]

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