The movie was written by Richard Price and directed by Harold Becker. It is credited as the film that pulled Pacino out of his slump of film failures that occupied much of the 1980s. It was also Pacino's first film in four years.
New York Police detective Frank Keller (Al Pacino) is a burnt-out alcoholic. His wife ran away from him and remarried one of his colleagues. His anger and aggression are mainly to hide the fact that he is depressed about reaching middle age and has 20 years of police work under his belt. To forget his woes, he investigates the murder of a man in Manhattan, shot dead while face down in his bed, naked, listening to an old 45rpm recording of "Sea of Love". Keller has three clues - a lipstick-smeared cigarette, a want ad the dead man placed in a newspaper and a perfect set of fingerprints.
New York Police detective Frank Keller (Al Pacino) is a burnt-out alcoholic. His wife ran away from him and remarried one of his colleagues. His anger and aggression are mainly to hide the fact that he is depressed about reaching middle age and has 20 years of police work under his belt. To forget his woes, he investigates the murder of a man in Manhattan, shot dead while face down in his bed, naked, listening to an old 45rpm recording of "Sea of Love". Keller has three clues - a lipstick-smeared cigarette, a want ad the dead man placed in a newspaper and a perfect set of fingerprints.
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