Cruising

About Cruising

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 gay S&M subculture to try and lure him out of the shadows.

William Friedkin's Cruising is a 1980 crime mystery film. The film is filed under undercover, whodunit, homophobia, and exploitation.

Al Pacino stars as Steve Burns, Paul Sorvino as Capt. Edelson, Karen Allen as Nancy Gates, and Richard Cox as Stuart Richards. At 102 minutes long, it arrived in February 1980.

The screenplay is by William Friedkin.

A Stranger Among Us, On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery, and Zodiac make useful companions to Cruising, all filed under detective and murder. TMDB voters put it at 6.6 out of 10 across 664 votes and it carries a R rating.