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Cruising is a 1980 crime thriller film written and directed by William Friedkin, and starring Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino and Karen Allen. It is loosely based on the novel of the same name by The New York Times reporter Gerald Walker about a serial killer targeting gay men, particularly those men associated with the leather scene in the late 1970s.
Apr 4, 2024 · The Cruising movie killer is never revealed, leaving audiences to think about who it might have been for themselves. Officer Steve Burns finds himself deeply embedded in the gay S&M subculture, aiming to unveil the murderer.
It’s about a series of violent New York murders in which the victims all frequent clandestine Manhattan nightclubs in which gay men gather to dance, drink and make pairings while enveloped in an S&M atmosphere of leather, boots, whips and chains. Clubs like that thrive in all the big cities, and their promise of danger is usually just atmosphere.
A string of sadistic murders terrorises the regulars of the neighbourhood's underground S&M clubs. As a result, lured by the promise of rapid promotion, novice patrolman Steve Burns unwisely enters the shady world of an unspoken subculture. But some doors are best left closed.
A psychopath is scouring New York City gay clubs and viciously slaying homosexuals. Detective Steve Burns (Al Pacino) is ordered to don leather attire, hang at the city's S&M joints and...
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A police detective hunts a killer through the sleazy gay nightclub scene of 1970s New York City in William Friedkin's gritty and controversial crime drama "Cruising" (1980), starring Al Pacino. Detective Steve Burns goes deep undercover and learns the rituals and culture of hard-core S&M to...
