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The Anderson Tapes
Why this pick
A bruised, adult New York crime drama with Sinatra’s similarly hard-edged presence, probing surveillance, corruption, and the limits of a man trying to stay in control.
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MOVIE1968 1h 54m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
New York City police detective Joe Leland (Frank Sinatra) is called to the home of a murder victim who has been beaten to death, head crushed and has had his genitals removed. Puzzled and disgusted, the police on call are left bemused, and Leland holds things together with his direct, no-nonsense approach.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Lee Remick
Karen Wagner Leland
Jacqueline Bisset
Norma MacIver
Ralph Meeker
Curran
Robert Duvall
Nestor
Pat Henry
Mercidis
Sugar Ray Robinson
Kelly
Renée Taylor
Rachael Schoenstein
Horace McMahon
Capt. Tom Farrell