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Frank Serpico

Like the movie"Serpico" the real Frank Serpicowas shot in the faceby a narcotics dealer

Like the movie
"Serpico" the real Frank Serpico
was shot in the face
by a narcotics dealer

Full Transcript

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Like the movie "Serpico"
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the real Frank Serpico was shot
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in the face by a narcotics dealer.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:02:30
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.
The detective has bullet fragments - Frank Serpico 00:06
The detective has bullet fragments
In 1972, Serpico exiled himself - Frank Serpico 00:08
In 1972, Serpico exiled himself
The bullet was never removed - Frank Serpico 00:07
The bullet was never removed
You know, I got a 9 millimeter piece - Frank Serpico 00:07
You know, I got a 9 millimeter piece
I couldn't open a door - Frank Serpico 00:07
I couldn't open a door
These were all, uh, - Frank Serpico 00:10
These were all, uh,
I meet people today - Frank Serpico 00:06
I meet people today
How... how could you have been a cop?" - Frank Serpico 00:09
How... how could you have been a cop?"
In fact, even before I became a cop - Frank Serpico 00:07
In fact, even before I became a cop
Uh, police officers, to me - Frank Serpico 00:06
Uh, police officers, to me
Both my grandfathers were coalminers. - Frank Serpico 00:04
Both my grandfathers were coalminers.
My father's father, on his last paycheck - Frank Serpico 00:08
My father's father, on his last paycheck
But he made it back to Italy - Frank Serpico 00:14
But he made it back to Italy
You go out there - Frank Serpico 00:04
You go out there
When Italian-Americans came to this country - Frank Serpico 00:07
When Italian-Americans came to this country
At Ellis Island - Frank Serpico 00:06
At Ellis Island
These immigrants, they're different from - Frank Serpico 00:07
These immigrants, they're different from
They're illiterate. They have a different religion. - Frank Serpico 00:04
They're illiterate. They have a different religion.
There was someone who said - Frank Serpico 00:06
There was someone who said
And, C, I was supposed to pave them." - Frank Serpico 00:13
And, C, I was supposed to pave them."