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Serpico (1973)

★ 7.5 · 2,175 ratings on TMDB

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

Serpico poster★ 7.5

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

DirectorSidney Lumet
CastAl Pacino, Allan Rich, Barbara Eda-Young, Biff McGuire, Cornelia Sharpe, Jack Kehoe
GenresCrime, Drama, History
The emergence reading

Serpico keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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