Tuesday, February 3, 2015

February 3 - Serpico

Today’s movie is a police drama with a scene that happens on February 3. Watch it tonight and enjoy.  

SERPICO                                    

Frank Serpico moves from being a New York City policeman to being a detective on the force. He soon discovers a secret world of payoffs and police corruption. He decides to expose this and is harassed by his former colleagues. On February 3, 1971 [1:05 to 3:54 and 1:53:39 to 2:01:22] the incorruptible Serpico is shot in what looks like a set-up by fellow officers. Serpico testifies about the corruption and gets the NYPD’s Medal of Honor and retires on disability.

Serpico by Peter Maas (The Viking Press, New York, 1973) at pages 12-20 and 277-289 give the date he was shot

Producers - Dino De Laurentiis, Roger M. Rothstein and Martin Bregman

Director  - Sidney Lumet

Awards – This film was nominated for the Best Actor (Pacino) and Best Adapted  
                  Screenplay Oscars at the 46th Academy Awards.

Screenplay - Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler

Runtime – 2 hours 10 minutes

Released – December 5, 1973

Starring -

Al Pacino as Frank Serpico
John Randolph as Chief Sidney Green
Jack Kehoe as Tom Keough
Biff McGuire as Captain Inspector McClain
Tony Roberts as Bob Blair
Allan Rich as District Attorney Herman Tauber
Joseph Bova as Potts
John Stewart as Waterman
Woodie King Jr. as Larry
James Tolkan as Lieutenant Steiger
Ed Crowley as Barto
Bernard Barrow as Inspector Roy Palmer
Nathan George as Lieutenant Nate Smith
Lewis J. Stadlen as Jerry Berman
M. Emmet Walsh as Gallagher
F. Murray Abraham as detective partner
John Brandon as police lieutenant
Judd Hirsch as cop

Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2015.






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