Movie
Cruising
Overview
When New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who preys on patrons of the city's underground bars, rookie cop Steve Burns infiltrates the S&M subculture to try and lure him out of the shadows.
Details
- Release date
- 1980-02-15
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Jerry Weintraub Productions, CiP - Europäische Treuhand, Lorimar Motion Pictures
- Country
- United States of America, Germany
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Al Pacino as Steve Burns
- Paul Sorvino as Capt. Edelson
- Karen Allen as Nancy Gates
- Richard Cox as Stuart Richards
- Don Scardino as Ted Bailey
- Joe Spinell as Patrolman DiSimone
- Jay Acovone as Skip Lee
- Gene Davis as DaVinci
- Randy Jurgensen as Det. Lefransky
- Barton Heyman as Dr. Rifkin
- Arnaldo Santana as Loren Lukas
- Larry Atlas as Eric Rossman
Crew
- William Friedkin - Director
- William Friedkin - Writer
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