Sea of Love
Frank Keller is a New York detective investigating a case of a serial killer who finds the victims through the lonely hearts column in newspapers…
- Director: Harold Becker
- Genre:Crime / Drama / Thriller
- Runtime:113 minutes
Cast
Al Pacino : Det. Frank Keller
Ellen Barkin : Helen Cruger
John Goodman : Det. Sherman
Michael Rooker : Terry
William Hickey : Frank Keller Sr.
New York Police detective Frank Keller (Al Pacino) investigates the murder of a man in Manhattan, shot dead while face down naked in his bed while listening to a 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. Immediate suspicion falls on a vengeful woman who answered his lonely hearts personal advertisement.
A second man dies in the same manner in Queens. Detective Sherman Touhey (John Goodman) suggests they collaborate. Both victims had put rhyming ads in the paper. They track down Raymond Brown (Michael O’Neill), the only other man with a rhyming ad. He’s a married man and admits placing the ad, but swears on his children’s eyes that he threw away all the letters and never saw anyone.
Keller has an idea – place their own rhyming ad in the paper, take any women who respond to a restaurant and take the prints from their glasses. Keller’s boss (John Spencer) thinks it is a bad idea and does not approve the idea. He changes his mind when Raymond Brown also turns up dead in the same manner as the other two murder victims.
Keller has dinner with several women, while Sherman — posing as a waiter — puts their empty glasses into evidence bags. One of the women, Helen Cruger (Ellen Barkin) snubs Keller and leaves before she takes a drink. Keller bumps into her again at a market, but this time, Cruger is more friendly. Keller takes Cruger to his place, ostensibly to get her fingerprints. He panics when he finds a gun in her purse, but it turns out to be just a starting pistol. Read more
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