The Detective

1968 film directed by Gordon Douglas
Movie film Q925809
The Detective
20th Century Fox · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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The Detective

Summary

The Detective is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (499 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Detective's image is recorded as Frank Sinatra Lee Remick The Detective.jpg[3].
  • The Detective's instance of is recorded as film[4].
  • The Detective's director is recorded as Gordon Douglas[5].
  • The Detective's screenwriter is recorded as Abby Mann[6].
  • The Detective's composer is recorded as Jerry Goldsmith[7].
  • The Detective's genre is recorded as drama film[8].
  • The Detective's genre is recorded as crime film[9].
  • The Detective's genre is recorded as LGBTQ-related film[10].
  • The Detective's genre is recorded as film based on a novel[11].
  • The Detective's based on is recorded as The Detective[12].
  • The Detective's cast member is recorded as Frank Sinatra[13].
  • The Detective's cast member is recorded as Lee Remick[14].
  • The Detective's cast member is recorded as Jacqueline Bisset[15].
  • The Detective's cast member is recorded as Ralph Meeker[16].
  • The Detective's cast member is recorded as Jack Klugman[17].
  • The Detective's cast member is recorded as William Windom[18].
  • The Detective's cast member is recorded as Tony Musante[19].
  • The Detective's cast member is recorded as Robert Duvall[20].
  • The Detective's cast member is recorded as Sugar Ray Robinson[21].
  • The Detective's cast member is recorded as Renée Taylor[22].
  • The Detective's cast member is recorded as Al Freeman Jr.[23].
  • The Detective's cast member is recorded as Lloyd Bochner[24].
  • The Detective's cast member is recorded as Tom Atkins[25].
  • The Detective's cast member is recorded as Joe Santos[26].
  • The Detective's cast member is recorded as George Plimpton[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Detective's producer is recorded as Aaron Rosenberg[28]. Its director is recorded as Gordon Douglas[5]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Abby Mann[6]. Cast members include Frank Sinatra[13], Lee Remick[14], Jacqueline Bisset[15], Ralph Meeker[16], Jack Klugman[17], and William Windom[18].

Publication

Publication dates include +1968-01-01T00:00:00Z[29], +1968-05-28T00:00:00Z[30], +1968-07-12T00:00:00Z[31], and +1968-09-05T00:00:00Z[32]. The Detective's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[33]. Genres include drama film[8], crime film[9], LGBTQ-related film[10], and film based on a novel[11].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include capital punishment[34], murder[35], and real property[36].

Reception

Reviews include 7/10[37] and 100%[38].

Why It Matters

The Detective ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (499 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [33] . wikidata.org.
  28. [37] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [38] . wikidata.org.
  30. [29] . wikidata.org.
  31. [30] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [31] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [32] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [34] . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] . wikidata.org.
  36. [36] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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