Genre: Crime, Drama, Police, True Story, Blackmail, Scams And Cons, Law, Gore, Society, Suspense
Tagline: Many of his fellow officers considered him the most dangerous man alive - An honest cop.
Plot: Covers the period from 1960-1972; Produced and released in 1973.Shot on location on New York City's crime-filled streets, Sidney Lumet's gritty 1973 masterpiece SERPICO, based on Peter Maas's book, is a rousing portrait of courage in the face of insidious corruption, initiating a motif that Lumet would continue to mine in PRINCE OF THE CITY. Al Pacino is forcefully real as Frank Serpico, an independent young recruit entering the police force in the late 1960s, fulfilling a childhood dream. The good old boys of the NYPD lose no time in initiating Serpico in the ways of cutting corners, forging documents, and taking payoffs from local gambling operations and narcotic rings. His refusal to take illegal protection money and his counterculture lifestyle make Serpico a target for harassment by his unified and powerful peers. Lumet hones in on the evocative details of Serpico's personal struggles and inner turmoil as his obsessive fight for truth begins to have disastrous effects on his personal life and threatens his safety.
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| Waldo Salt
Midnight Cowboy, The Day of the Locust, The Flame and the Arrow |
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Al Pacino
The Godfather, The Godfather: Part II, Heat |
 | John Randolph
You've Got Mail, Christmas Vacation, Prizzi's Honor | Jack Kehoe
The Untouchables, The Sting, Midnight Run | Biff McGuire
Midway, The Thomas Crown Affair, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter | | Cornelia Sharpe
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud, Venom, Kansas City Bomber | Tony Roberts
Annie Hall, Play It Again, Sam, Stardust Memories | |
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