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Cruising
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Cruising

1980

Al Pacino is Cruising for a killer.

Directed by William Friedkin

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3.5
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2234

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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.

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Produced by
Jerry Weintraub
Cinematographer
James A. Contner
Sound Designer
Aaron Levy
Origin country
United States
Production countries
United States, Germany
Runtime
1h 42m
Language
English
Rating
R
TMDB
6.6/10 (646 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
50% Rotten
Metacritic
43/100
IMDb
6.5/10 (31,758 votes)
Released February 15, 1980·$11,000,000 budget·$19,814,523 revenue

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