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Cruising (1980)

A police detective goes undercover in the underground S&M gay subculture of New York City to catch a serial killer who is preying on gay men.

Cruising
Cruising (1980)
R
Crime
Drama
Mystery
Release Date
February 15, 1980
Director
William Friedkin
Cast
Al Pacino , Paul Sorvino , Karen Allen , Richard Cox , Don Scardino
Runtime
102 Minutes
Main Genre
Crime
Writers
William Friedkin , Gerald Walker
Studio
Lorimar Film Entertainment, CiP - Europaische Treuhand AG
Tagline
Al Pacino is Cruising for a killer.

Summary

A serial killer brutally slays gay men in New York's S&M bars. The young police officer, Steve Burns, goes undercover to find the murderer. Working almost completely isolated from his department, he has to learn and practice the complex rules and signals of this little society. But the work starts changing him.