Cruising
- Director: William Friedkin
- Writer: William Friedkin; Gerald Walker
- Producer: Burtt Harris; Jerry Weintraub
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A dated...hideous film, supposedly.
A depiction of the gay scene that is both brutal and grim...and, truthful.
It caused much controversy...queens screaming: we don't like to be seen like this...but, in truth, parts of the gay scene are grim, sad and desperate.
So, this much maligned film actually did show something that the sugar-coated activists simply did not want the general public to see...boys in the park with their willies hanging out - well, it's a reality.
Important and distasteful.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
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 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. While barely seeing his girlfriend Nancy anymore, the work starts changing him.
Cast & Characters
Al Pacino as Steve Burns;
Paul Sorvino as Capt. Edelson;
Karen Allen as Nancy;
Richard Cox as Stuart Richards;
Don Scardino as Ted Bailey;
Joe Spinell as Patrolman DiSimone;
Jay Acovone as Skip Lee;
Randy Jurgensen as Det. Lefransky;
Barton Heyman as Dr. Rifkin;
Gene Davis as DaVinci;
Arnaldo Santana as Loren Lukas;
Larry Atlas as Eric Rossman;
Allan Miller as Chief of Detectives;
Sonny Grosso as Det. Blasio;
Ed O'Neill as Det. Schreiber