Genre			Drama
Length			1:54
Director			Gordon Douglas
Writer			Abby Mann Roderick Thorp
Company			20th Century Fox
Starring			Frank Sinatra Lee Remick Ralph Meeker Jack Klugman Horace McMahon Lloyd Bochner Show more... Frank Sinatra Lee Remick Ralph Meeker Jack Klugman Horace McMahon Lloyd Bochner William Windom Tony Musante Al Freeman Jr. Robert Duvall Pat Henry Patrick McVey Dixie Marquis Sugar Ray Robinson Renée Taylor

THE DETECTIVE is a hard-boiled mystery starring Frank Sinatra as the tough-as-nails Detective Joe Leland. Called in to investigate the murder of Teddy Leikman, the homosexual son of a well-connected department store mogul, Leland executes an open-and-shut investigation. He quickly elicits a confession from Teddy's crazy roommate, and the defendant is convicted and executed while Leland scores a promotion. But when the widow of an accountant seeks out the Detective to look into the circumstances of her husband's death, Leland uncovers some startling evidence implicating a corrupt New York City political machine; an attempt on Leland's life further convinces him that the authorities have a stake in keeping this case closed.