Prince of the City

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Prince of the City (1981)

R 08/19/1981 (US) Drama, Thriller, Crime 2h 47m

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A cop is turning. Nobody's safe.

Overview

New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice help eliminate corruption in the police department, as long as he will not have to turn in any close friends. In doing so, Ciello uncovers a conspiracy within the force to smuggle drugs to street informants.

Sidney Lumet

Director, Screenplay
Jay Presson Allen

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Top Billed Cast

Treat Williams

Daniel Ciello
Jerry Orbach

Gus Levy
Richard Foronjy

Joe Marinaro
Don Billett

Bill Mayo
Kenny Marino

Dom Bando
Carmine Caridi

Gino Mascone
Tony Page

Raf Alvarez
Norman Parker

Rick Cappalino
Paul Roebling

Brooks Paige
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A review by GenerationofSwine

10.0

Written by GenerationofSwine on January 10, 2023

It hurts to watch... literally. Every time i catch it it looks like I'm watching a copy of an old VHS tape. If anything was in need of remastering.... well, Prince of the City isn't going to be remastered because I don't even think it has a cult following.

And that is a crying shame, because it is a really good movie that you can currently only find bad copies of on Amazon.

The script is.... meh. It really is. You have seen the corrupt narcotics pitch many times before. That's not the draw. This was riding on Serpico's heels.

What is the draw is the directing. It is severely understate... read the rest.

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