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How I Discovered My Family Connection to the Murder That Inspired ‘Cruising’
The first time I saw William Friedkin’s 1980 gay crime thriller “Cruising” may have been decades ago, but I will never forget how surprised I was that a movie like that was made in the 1970s. “Cruising” stars Al Pacino as a straight New York City police officer who goes undercover in the gay leather […]
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According to Variety’s source item, How I Discovered My Family Connection to the Murder That Inspired ‘Cruising’, The first time I saw William Friedkin’s 1980 gay crime thriller “Cruising” may have been decades ago, but I will never forget how surprised I was that a movie like that was made in the 1970s. “Cruising” stars Al Pacino as a straight New York City police officer who goes undercover in the gay leather […]
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- How I Discovered My Family Connection to the Murder That Inspired ‘Cruising’Variety - 2026-06-05T17:14:52+00:00
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