Details

Release year: 1971

Storyline

A small-town detective searching for a missing man has only one lead: a connection with a New York prostitute.

Top credits

Directors

Alan J. Pakula

Writers

Cast

Jane Fonda — Bree Daniel
Donald Sutherland — John Klute
Charles Cioffi — Peter Cable
Roy Scheider — Frank Ligourin

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Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

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Did you know

• Although Fonda had planned on playing scared for the scene with the murderer (played by Charles Cioffi), when she heard the tape recording of the call girl about to be murdered and the fear in her voice, she unexpectedly started crying.

• Jane Fonda said that she had to throw up while preparing for the scene where Bree goes through photos of dead prostitutes to identify her friends. She actually had gone to the city morgue, too, and she was surprised by her reaction.

• Sutherland and Fonda developed a nonexclusive romantic relationship offscreen which lasted until about June 1972. He was her date to the Oscars when she won Best Actress for this movie.