Dan Sturkie Movies
New York City detective Steve Burns Al Pacino receives orders from Captain Edelson Paul Sorvino to solve a series of brutal murders in the gay community. Steve scours the gay bars that caters to same-sex sadomasochism in a desperate attempt to solve the crime. As he infiltrates the scene, he slowly comes loose from the moorings of his own reality, and an innocent victim is tortured by the cops in an effort to exact a confession. The story is based on actual murders that took place between 1962 and 1979. The film gained considerable publicity because of the controversial subject matter while censor argued between an X and R rating for the feature. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, (more)
- 1970
- G
In order to protect a group of Mormons from Mexican bandidos, two brothers are forced to convert in this comedic spoof of spaghetti westerns. Trinity is Still My Name is the title of the sequel. ~ Kristie Hassen, Rovi
- 1959
Two men have held up a mom-and-pop café, beating the 68-year-old owner within an inch of his life. Although one of the robbers was shot trying to escape and is currently in custody, the other is still at large, still with a stolen diamond signet ring worth $1500 in his possession. Tipped off by a car-rental agency where the ring had been offered as collateral, Friday (Jack Webb) and Smith (Ben Alexander) pursue the fugitive robber all the way to Las Vegas and Reno. This episode is based on the Dragnet radio broadcast of July 21, 1952. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1957
Friday (Jack Webb) and Smith (Ben Alexander) investigate when landlady Selma Bruttig (Isabelle Dwan) reports the disappearance of two of her tenants, a man and his wife. She suspects murder, but there is no physical evidence of foul play. It takes a howling dog to lead the detectives to a garden wherein a horrifying secret is hidden. This episode was adapted from the Dragnet radio broadcast of March 9, 1954 (in which, surprisingly, we never learn the murderer's motive). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1956
In this adventure, a man a man is paroled from prison and made to join the army so he can break up an international counterfeiting operation involving an ex- army buddy. they use him to woo the friend's lover and pump her for information. He finds her to be a dry well, but the importing firm she works for is a different story. In the end, the fellow breaks up the gang, wins the heart of the girl, and get back together with his father, a Treasury agent. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Ray Danton, Leigh Snowden, (more)
