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Serpico

1973 • 2h 9m •
Crime Drama History
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★ 7.5/10
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Serpico

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

"Many of his fellow officers considered him the most dangerous man alive - an honest cop."

Top Billed Cast

Al Pacino
Al Pacino
Officer Frank Serpico
John Randolph
John Randolph
Sidney Green
Jack Kehoe
Jack Kehoe
Tom Keough
Biff McGuire
Biff McGuire
Captain McClain
Barbara Eda-Young
Barbara Eda-Young
Laurie
Cornelia Sharpe
Cornelia Sharpe
Leslie Lane
Tony Roberts
Tony Roberts
Bob Blair
John Medici
John Medici
Pasquale

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J John Chard Verified TMDB Critic
2014-01-27

An honest cop. Who would believe that?

Serpico is directed by Sidney Lumet and adapted to screenplay by Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler from Peter Maas’ biography of NYPD officer Frank Serpico who stood up to expose rife corruption in the force. It stars Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe, Biff McGuire, Bernard Barrow, Nathan George and Tony Roberts. Music is by Mikis Theodorakis and Giacomo Puccini and cinematography by Arthur J. Ornitz..

Great story telling meets a first class acting performance in Lumet’s searing movie. Frank Serpico (Pacino), a legend to us mere mortals out on t...