Serpico

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Movie Facts

Status: Released

Runtime: 129

Budget: -

Revenue: $29,800,000

Languages: it, es, en

Webpage: -

Release Info

1973-12-05
R
1974-03-28
16
1974-05-22
U

Plot Keywords

corruption
hippie
money

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Content Score: 100

Serpico is a 1973 American biopic directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Al Pacino. It's based on Peter Maas' biography of NYPD officer Frank Serpico, who went undercover to expose corruption in the force. The film and its principals were nominated for numerous awards, and together with Scarecrow, which was released the same year, it marked the big breakthrough for Al Pacino. The film was also a commercial success.

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Crew

Director:	Sidney Lumet
Writers:	Waldo Salt, Norman Wexler, Peter Maas

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Cast

Al Pacino
as Officer Frank Serpico…

John Randolph Jones
as Chief Sidney Green

Jack Kehoe
as Tom Keough

Biff McGuire
as Capt. Insp. McClain

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Production Companies

Paramount Pictures, De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, Artists Entertainment Complex

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A review by John Chard

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 the st... read the rest.