Cruising (1980)

Directors

William Friedkin

Cast

Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen, Richard Cox, James Remar, Ed O'Neill, Powers Boothe, Joe Spinell, Mike Starr, Jay Acovone, Don Scardino, Gene Davis

The story

Amidst a hot summer in New York City, the dismembered body parts of men begin appearing in the Hudson River. Police suspect a serial killer is targeting gay men at West Village bars such as the Eagle's Nest, the Ramrod and the Cock Pit, luring them to cheap hotels, tying them up, and stabbing them to death. Under pressure to solve the case before the Democratic National Convention, NYPD Captain Edelson asks officer Steve Burns to go undercover in the city's gay S&M and leather bar scene to track down the killer, as Burns matches the victims' physical characteristics.

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