1. AFI|Catalog
Serpico was the ninth highest grossing film of 1974 [although the picture opened in New York and Los Angeles for 1973 Academy Award consideration, it did not ...
In New York City, police officer Frank Serpico, who has been shot in the face, is rushed the hospital, where Capt. Sidney Green places a twenty-four-hour-a-day guard at his door. While the doctors work to revive him, Frank, whose friends call him "Paco," thinks back to his first days on the force in the early 1960s: Upon his graduation from the police academy, Frank and his Italian-American family are thrilled. He joins a Bronx division and immediately makes waves with his brash demands and iconoclastic manner. When a rape in progress is called in, Frank hurries to respond, despite his partner’s objection that the call is not in their jurisdiction. At the scene, three men are assaulting a woman, and one warns the officers to put down their guns or he will slash her with a knife. When they flee, Frank chases one and makes the arrest. At the station, the girl recounts her ordeal quietly, after which the boy is badly beaten during his interrogation. Frank, who declines to hit the boy, lat
2. Serpico | Rotten Tomatoes
Very decent film about a clean cop working in the early 70s NY police force. A time when the police didn't exist to clean up crime, so much as to take their cut ...
Frank Serpico (Al Pacino) is an idealistic New York City cop who refuses to take bribes, unlike the rest of the force. His actions get Frank shunned by the other officers, and often placed in dangerous situations by his partners. When his superiors ignore Frank's accusations of corruption, he decides to go public with the allegations. Although this causes the Knapp Commission to investigate his claims, Frank has also placed a target on himself. The film is based on a true story.
3. Serpico at 50: a daring look at police corruption anchored by Al Pacino
Dec 5, 2023 · It surely helped that Al Pacino was at the height of his powers in 1973, the year between The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, and the start ...
The rough-around-the-edges docudrama of cops misusing their power seems even more provocative today
4. Serpico | Moviepedia | Fandom
Serpico is a 1973 American neo-noir biographical crime film directed by Sidney Lumet, and starring Al Pacino.
Serpico is a 1973 American neo-noir biographical crime film directed by Sidney Lumet, and starring Al Pacino. Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler wrote the screenplay, adapting Peter Maas's biography of NYPD officer Frank Serpico, who went undercover to expose corruption in the police force. Both Maas's book and the film cover 12 years, 1960 to 1972. The film and principals were nominated for numerous awards, earning recognition for its score, direction, screenplay, and Pacino's performance. The film w
5. Serpico (1973) - NYC in Film
Jan 8, 2018 · Since “Serpico” was made in the summer of 1973, I figured that this scene took place somewhere other than the actual 83rd station house, and ...
Adapted from Peter Maas’s book, Sidney Lumet’s drama portrays the real-life struggle of an honest city cop against a corrupt system. Starring Al Pacino as the titular character, and fil…
6. Serpico | SBIFF - Santa Barbara International Film Festival
May 26, 2021 · Wexler collaborated with Waldo Salt on the screenplay for “Serpico” (1973), directed by Sidney Lumet and based on Peter Maas's best-selling ...
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7. “It Just Gets Dirtier!” - Journal - Metrograph
Jul 21, 2023 · The bloody face in the rear of an ambulance–Serpico (1973) begins ... When Pacino asked Frank Serpico what made him do it, the real cop ...
On Sidney Lumet’s un-crooked cop drama Serpico.
8. Serpico (1973) - Alex on Film
Nov 22, 2020 · In 1971, at the end of Dirty Harry, SFPD Inspector Harry Callahan tosses his badge into a quarry pond. In 1973 NYPD Detective Frank Serpico ...
*. In 1971, at the end of Dirty Harry, SFPD Inspector Harry Callahan tosses his badge into a quarry pond. In 1973 NYPD Detective Frank Serpico rejects the badge of a detective’s gold shield, …
