Serpico

Updated: 18 Jul 2022

Directors:

Míkis Theodorakis Martin Bregman Richard Marks Sidney Lumet Dino De Laurentiis Dede Allen Anna Hill Johnstone Charles Bailey Douglas Higgins Waldo Salt Roger M. Rothstein Norman Wexler Arthur J. Ornitz Shirley Rich Peter Maas B.J. Bjorkman Thomas H. Wright

Actors:

Al Pacino John Randolph Jones Jack Kehoe Biff McGuire Cornelia Sharpe James Tolkan M. Emmet Walsh Tony Roberts Allan Rich F. Murray Abraham Damien Leake Alan North Ted Beniades Kenneth McMillan Judd Hirsch Tony Lo Bianco Sam Coppola Val Bisoglio Hank Garrett John Medici Barbara Eda-Young Joseph Bova Gene Gross John Stewart Woodie King Jr. Edward Grover Norman Ornellas Albert Henderson Ed Crowley Bernard Barrow Sal Carollo Mildred Clinton Nathan George Gus Fleming Richard Foronjy Lewis J. Stadlen John McQuade John Lehne George Ede Charles White P.J. Benjamin Don Billett John Brandon James Bulleit Roy Cheverie Marjorie Eliot René Enríquez Conard Fowkes Frank Gio Trent Gough Paul E. Guskin Nick Hardin Richard Kuss George Loros Stephen Pearlman Tim Pelt William Pelt Jay Rasumny Franklin Scott Tom Signorelli Ben Slack Jaime Sánchez Tracey Walter Mary Louise Weller

Genre:

History, Drama, Crime

Country: no data

Year: 1973

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Frank Serpico 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.

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Kevin Bacon

Actor

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I always pine for what I’ve looked at as sort of the Golden Age of Movies in the Seventies — you know, here comes Serpico and Dog Day, The French Connection and Mean Streets, just on and on and on! That kind of early Seventies gritty, urban film. Even a movie like Death Wish, which is way more commercial than the movies I just mentioned, you look at something like that and think, that was what Hollywood was putting out then? Everybody saw those movies and thought, 'I'm not going anywhere near New York City, no way!' I saw them and thought, 'Oh man, I have to get to New York City!' You know what I mean?

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Joker

Fictional Character

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“Serpico” (1973) Sidney Lumet’s 1973 crime drama “Serpico” stars Al Pacino as New York Police Department officer Frank Serpico, whose undercover mission to expose corruption within the NYPD made him a whistleblower with a target on his back. Pacino was Oscar nominated for the role, while Lumet’s grounded realism was championed for giving the film a lived-in, visceral tone. The latter of which is a top priority for Phillips in “Joker.” The director said part of his pitch for “Joker” was telling Warner Bros. that he was making a 1970s character study like “Serpico,” but dressed up as a 2019 comic book movie.

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