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Synopsis: Serpico is a cop in the 1960s-early 1970s. Unlike all his colleagues, he refuses a share of the money that the cops routinely extort from local criminals. Nobody wants to work with Serpico, and he's in constant danger of being placed in life threatening positions by his "partners". Nothing seems to get done even when he goes to the highest of authorities. Despite the dangers he finds himself in, he still refuses to 'go with the flow', in the hope that one day, the truth will be known.
Director(s): Sidney Lumet
Production: Paramount Pictures
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Metacritic:
87
Rotten Tomatoes:
90%
R
Year:
1973
130 min
2,486 Views


All my life.

That's long enough to know

how we do things.

Barto, it's not just that.

You don't like me.

BCI never had

a weirdo cop before.

Barto, stop buggin' me.

Mama?

Wanna buy a puppy?

Look at that, huh?

Where'd you get these dogs?

Oh, they're mine.

Want one for free?

- I'll pay for it. How much?

- Five dollars.

You got it.

Okay, now which one

of you guys wanna come with me?

What?

Come on.

- Could you do me a favor?

- What?

Just watch the car and my stuff

over here, 'cause I'm movin' in.

- Yeah.

- Thank you.

Don Quixote.

Seorita Land?

Mr. Serpico.

I got my horse here.

Maybe I could drop you someplace.

Well, I'm going to work

at the Caf Reggio.

Caf Reggio.

- That's 4th Street and-

- MacDougal and 3rd.

- Can I give you a lift?

- Yeah. Sure.

Jesus, what's that?

You got your hands on

my money belt. Don't do that.

That's not a money belt.

That's a gun.

- Well, we gotta eat, don't we?

- Oh, come on!

- What do you need a gun for?

- Ever hear of Barnum and Bailey?

- Yeah.

- Well, I'm their lion tamer.

- Come on.

- That's the truth.

- I think you're full of sh*t.

- You do, huh?

- What do you do?

- Me?

I'm an actress, a singer,

a dancer and a Buddhist.

In that order?

- I'm a cop. Would you believe that?

- No, I wouldn't believe it.

Those leaps that guy made,

what do you call 'em again?

Jets.

You try it.

All right. How do you start it?

What's your position?

Next life. Come on.

What are you reading now,

Serpico?

My Life by Isadora Duncan.

She was a ballet dancer.

A belly dancer?

No. No, a ballet dancer.

Ballet.

- You know ballet?

- A little.

- A little bit? You ever see one?

- Not close.

I've been to the ballet.

It's terrific.

- I've been taking classes.

- Oh, yeah?

That's where I go

after I leave here.

Fantastic for your body.

Really builds you up.

- I can tell.

- You noticed, huh?

I noticed.

There's five positions.

Five pos-

You're being shortchanged.

- Oh, no. It's enough. Believe me.

- For what?

Watch. See?

This is the first position.

From this position,

I can do anything.

- You want to see?

- Sure.

Here we go.

Bye, Barto!

- Lieutenant Steiger-

- No, no. Later.

- Hey, turn off the lights.

- Potts, I wanted to read.

Positions, positions!

Positions like that you don't see

in a pretzel factory.

Now I gotta do my pee-pee

in the dark.

She's gotta be a nympho

with positions like that.

Hey, Serpico, how can you piss

at a time like this?

Barto wants a specimen.

I'm gonna look into this matter.

- What do you got there?

- Here.

Straight ahead.

- Straight ahead where?

- Third window down.

- I don't see anything over there.

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Waldo Salt

Waldo Miller Salt was an American screenwriter who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses during the era of McCarthyism. He later won Academy Awards for Midnight Cowboy and Coming Home. more…

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