Serpico (1973)

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7.6	Rating (651 ratings)
7.7	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Sidney Lumet

Starring (View all)

Al Pacino
Serpico

John Randolph
Sidney Green

Jack Kehoe
Tom Keough

Biff McGuire
Captain McClain

Barbara Eda-Young
Laurie

Cornelia Sharpe
Leslie

Tony Roberts
Bob Blair

Allan Rich
D.A. Tauber

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Peter Maas
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Waldo Salt
(screenplay) and

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Good Story, Terrible Execution.

10 years, 1 month ago at Aug 29 20:44

OsamaExKing

1 vote

I love Al Pacino, he's a great actor and he filmed this movie right after the Godfather, and it was critically acclaimed at the time, and had a big impact overall, because it was the first movie of it's kind to target police corruptions, and it's based on a true story of Frank Serpico, a good cop trying to do his job in a world full of corruptions and bribes, trying his hardest to stay away from c... read more

A classic

9 years, 11 months ago at Nov 1 22:18

johanlefourbe

1 vote

I had already seen this movie before but I thought it was really time for a re-watch. Sidney Lumet had a rather productive career managing to direct more than 40 movies, some major classics, some major bombs and a whole bunch of really obscure features. However, there is no doubts that this movie definitely belongs to his masterpieces. To be honest, I still think that 'Dog Day Afternoon', which L... read more

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2 years, 6 months ago at Mar 21 15:11

fernando

1 vote

(dvd) A lonely fight of one policmen against corruption, moreintimate than politicla, and political in fact. The demoralization of Pacino is great, een if it is long and takes too many episodes and races and arrests...

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The true story about an honest New York cop who blew the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.

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