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Serpico
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Overview

User Rating:
7.7/10   22,769 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Peter Maas (book)
Waldo Salt (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
14 March 1974 (Netherlands) more
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Many of his fellow officers considered him the most dangerous man alive - An honest cop.
Plot:
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. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 7 nominations more
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(11 articles)
User Comments:
He's still my hero! more (111 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Al Pacino ... Officer Frank Serpico

John Randolph ... Chief Sidney Green
Jack Kehoe ... Tom Keough
Biff McGuire ... Capt. Insp. McClain
Barbara Eda-Young ... Laurie

Cornelia Sharpe ... Leslie Lane
Tony Roberts ... Bob Blair
John Medici ... Pasquale

Allan Rich ... Dist. Atty. Herman Tauber
Norman Ornellas ... Don Rubello
Edward Grover ... Insp. Lombardo (as Ed Grover)
Albert Henderson ... Peluce (as Al Henderson)
Hank Garrett ... Malone

Damien Leake ... Joey
Joseph Bova ... Potts (as Joe Bova)
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Runtime:
129 min | Spain:113 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Woodie King Jr. was originally cast as a hoodlum but broke his leg while filming a chase scene. He was replaced but returned to the set two months later to play Leslie's friend, Larry, in the party scene. more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: Serpico and Lombardo rapidly descend a shaky metal fire escape system without making a sound or alerting the lookout man, who only notices them when they fall to the pavement beside him. more
Quotes:
Frank Serpico: I'm a marked man in this department. For what?
District Attorney Tauber: I've already arranged a transfer for ya'.
Frank Serpico: To where? China?
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Referenced in "Stargate SG-1: Chimera (#7.15)" (2004) more

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41 out of 66 people found the following comment useful.
He's still my hero!, 29 September 2004
Author: lccjenni (lccjenni@bellsouth.net) from North Carolina

Serpico managed to last a lot longer than I did as a cop...I made it 7 years but being a female officer in SC in the '80's was not a cakewalk either! I now teach criminal justice at the community college level and I have taught Ethics classes for 13 years; Frank Serpico is always a part of that course and the movie is always shown. While the movie is "old" it still holds up. My students always rave about it and some of them even read Peter Maas' book...without being made to! We finished the movie today. We begin discussion Friday and it will be lively, as always. This is well worth the watch/read and make no mistake that it "can't be like that now"; watch the news.

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