An uncorrupted detective (Donald Sutherland) from rural Pennsylvania travels to New York City to investigate the disappearance of a local businessman, his only contact being a high rent prostitute (Jane Fonda, an Oscar winner). When his missing person turns out to be a thread in a string of murders, he becomes his new acquaintance's protector and then lover as she becomes the bait to lure the deadly killer.
Klute is a well made, typically murky, and often frustrating Alan Pakula film that fits in nicely alongside some of the other thrillers he made in that time frame (
The Parallax View,
All the President's Men). Fonda is assuredly powerful and sexy and Sutherland makes a nice counter as her introverted partner.
