New York City Police detective Joe Leland investigates the grisly murder of Teddy Leikman, the gay son of a politically influential department store owner. While investigating, he discovers links to official corruption in NYC in this drama that delves into a world of sex and drugs, homophobia, homosexuality and bisexuality.
The Detective has generally received mixed reviews.
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The Detective was released in 1968 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 25 reviews, giving The Detective (1968) an average rating of 56%.
Overall, film critics prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 85%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a lower average score of 71%. Professional critics were more impressed with The Detective than amateur reviewers were.
With a score of 56%, The Detective is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1968, which stands at 61%.
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