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Serpico (1973)

R | 130 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.

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Al Pacino

Serpico
John Randolph

Sidney Green
Jack Kehoe

Tom Keough
Biff McGuire

Captain McClain
Barbara Eda-Young

Laurie

(as Barbara eda-Young)
Cornelia Sharpe

Leslie
Tony Roberts

Bob Blair
John Medici

Pasquale
Allan Rich

D.A. Tauber
Norman Ornellas

Rubello
Edward Grover

Lombardo

(as Ed Grover)
Albert Henderson

Peluce

(as Al Henderson)
Hank Garrett

Malone
Damien Leake

Joey
Joseph Bova

Potts

(as Joe Bova)

Director:

Sidney Lumet

Writers:

Peter Maas (book), Waldo Salt (screenplay), Norman Wexler (screenplay)

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Did You Know?

Playwright Sidney Kingsley loaned his apartment to Sidney Lumet for use to film the party scene. In 1935, Kingsley hired an 11-year-old Lumet to appear on Broadway in his play, "Dead End", and they had remained friends since then.

Quotes

Cop: All right, you cocksucker. You might get by with that shit in the Bronx, but down here, eight thousand a month is chicken feed. And with that, you don't fuck around. You understand? Good. Now get the fuck out.

Goofs

The prison "chain gang" being led into the wagon at the beginning has male and female prisoners on the same "chain," and both sexes are transported in the same wagon. The NYPD absolutely forbade that then, and now.