Klute

Oscar-winning mystery starring Donald Sutherland as an ex-cop investigating the mysterious disappearance of a scientist. Helping him on his renegade case is call girl Jane Fonda, who once had ‘relations’ with the missing man., When small town police detective John Klute (Donald Sutherland) comes to New York to investigate the disappearance of his best friend, his only lead is a letter to prostitute Bree Daniels (Fonda). Klute realizes Daniels is the murderer’s real target., The first part of his “paranoia trilogy,” Alan J. Pakula’s 1971 thriller details the troubled life of a Manhattan prostitute stalked by one of her tricks. Investigating the disappearance of his friend Tom Gruneman (Robert Milli), rural Pennsylvania private eye John Klute (Donald Sutherland) follows a lead provided by Gruneman’s associate Peter Cable (Charles Cioffi) to seek out a call girl who Gruneman knew in New York City. The call girl is Bree Daniels (Jane Fonda), an aspiring actress who turns tricks for the cash and to be free of emotional bondage. Klute follows Bree’s every move, observing the city’s decadence and her isolation, eventually contacting her about Gruneman. Bree claims not to know Gruneman, but she does reveal that she has received threats from a john. As Bree becomes involved in Klute’s search and realizes that she is in danger, she reluctantly falls in love with Klute, despite her wish to remain unattached to any man. When she finally comes face to face with the killer, however, she is forced to reconsider her detached urban life., Best Actress Jane Fonda stars as a call girl who aids a small-town detective on his search for a missing scientist in New York City. Realizing she is in danger after receiving threats from a john, the call girl reluctantly begins to fall for the sleuth despite her wish to remain unattached., Psychological thriller focusing on an abused and neurotic prostitute and the small-town private eye who becomes obsessed with her while searching for a missing research scientist in New York City. Jane Fonda won an Oscar for her portrayal of a woman striving to avold both destruction and dependence, but who eventually ends up becoming trapped between the two., Alan J. Pakula directed this thriller about a New York call girl involved with a small-town detective as he searches for a missing person., Psychological thriller focusing on an abused and neurotic prostitute and the small-town private eye who becomes obsessed with her while searching for a missing research scientist in New York City. Jane Fonda won an Oscar for her portrayal of a woman striving to avoid both destruction and dependence, but who eventually ends up becoming trapped between the two., Thriller starring Donald Sutherland as a detective who, while searching for his missing friend, is confronted by the seedier side of his friend’s secret life., A small-town private eye’s friend disappears and the only clue is his connection with a call girl. While he tries to blackmail her into helping him find his friend, it appears that someone is stalking the call girl. Jane Fonda won an Oscar for her portrayal of a woman striving to avoid both destruction and dependence., A small-town detective searching for a missing man has only one lead – a connection with a New York prostitute.