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If you see a policeman takin' a payoff
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Frank Serpico

If you see a policemantakin' a payoff all you have to say is,"Hey, you're under arrest."...

If you see a policeman
takin' a payoff all you have to say is,
"Hey, you're under arrest." And not feel, "Well, I'm
gonna be the outsider now and, uh, nobody is, uh,
going to accept me." Um, you become
a prisoner of yourself

Full Transcript

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If you see a policeman takin' a payoff
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all you have to say is, "Hey, you're under arrest."
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And not feel, "Well, I'm gonna be the outsider now
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and, uh, nobody is, uh, going to accept me."
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Um, you become a prisoner of yourself.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
13
Timestamp in Movie
01:23:08
Uploaded
Jul 06, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
La Lutta NMC,Gigantic Pictures

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Movie Summary

In his own words, Frank Serpico tells the story of his one-man crusade for police reform in the NYPD during the early 1970s.
I was, uh, my own, uh, I was a prisoner of myself. - Frank Serpico 00:05
I was, uh, my own, uh, I was a prisoner of myself.
For almost ten years, the real Serpico - Frank Serpico 00:09
For almost ten years, the real Serpico
In their place, Serpico has made a meticulous routine - Frank Serpico 00:07
In their place, Serpico has made a meticulous routine
There's nothing wrong with being by yourself - Frank Serpico 00:10
There's nothing wrong with being by yourself
One day, I heard a scream. - Frank Serpico 00:04
One day, I heard a scream.
Some little girl - Frank Serpico 00:06
Some little girl
And a crowd started forming. - Frank Serpico 00:05
And a crowd started forming.
The cops are comin'." - Frank Serpico 00:07
The cops are comin'."
And I said, "Shit." - Frank Serpico 00:05
And I said, "Shit."
They drive me to headquarters - Frank Serpico 00:07
They drive me to headquarters
And we walk in and he snaps to - Frank Serpico 00:07
And we walk in and he snaps to
And I look on his desk - Frank Serpico 00:09
And I look on his desk
And he said, "I'd like to show your movie - Frank Serpico 00:21
And he said, "I'd like to show your movie
"But it's also bad.. - Frank Serpico 00:05
"But it's also bad..
...because if you don't believe it.." - Frank Serpico 00:13
...because if you don't believe it.."
It happened." - Frank Serpico 00:06
It happened."
He gave his career and much of his body - Frank Serpico 00:06
He gave his career and much of his body
Now he lives cut-off from his American past - Frank Serpico 00:06
Now he lives cut-off from his American past
People don't know who Serpico was - Frank Serpico 00:06
People don't know who Serpico was
And now I know who I am - Frank Serpico 00:05
And now I know who I am