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  "path": "/2026/film/columns/discovered-my-family-connection-to-murder-inspired-cruising-addison-verrill-1236767368/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-05T17:14:52.000Z",
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  "textContent": "The first time I saw William Friedkin’s 1980 gay crime thriller “Cruising” may have been decades ago, but I will never forget how surprised I was that a movie like that was made in the 1970s. “Cruising” stars Al Pacino as a straight New York City police officer who goes undercover in the gay leather […]",
  "title": "How I Discovered My Family Connection to the Murder That Inspired ‘Cruising’"
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