Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders Poster

Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders

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The protests against William Friedkin’s 1980 film Cruising became a flash point in the emerging gay rights movement, but the real-life events surrounding it — a series of gruesome murders, a cop going undercover to catch a killer, and a Village Voice journalist who led the protests against the film — is an even more sensational story.

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Jeffrey Schwarz
Director
Jeffrey Schwarz
Producer
John Boccardo
Producer
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Cast

William Friedkin
William Friedkin
Self (archive footage)
Al Pacino
Al Pacino
Self (archive footage)
Jerry Weintraub
Jerry Weintraub
Self (archive footage)
Gene Siskel
Gene Siskel
Self (archive footage)
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Self (archive footage)

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