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Frank Serpico

This was all runby the police department and the plainclothesmen which Frank ended upbeing...

This was all run
by the police department and the plainclothesmen which Frank ended up
being in

Full Transcript

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This was all run by the police department
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and the plainclothesmen
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which Frank ended up being in.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:26:40
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.
It had become part of the scene. - Frank Serpico 00:04
It had become part of the scene.
Does anybody in the community trust the police? - Frank Serpico 00:05
Does anybody in the community trust the police?
There's a lot of cops that, uh.. - Frank Serpico 00:05
There's a lot of cops that, uh..
Everybody knew. Plainclothes was rotten through-and-through. - Frank Serpico 00:06
Everybody knew. Plainclothes was rotten through-and-through.
The captain says, - Frank Serpico 00:16
The captain says,
And this officer in uniform. - Frank Serpico 00:04
And this officer in uniform.
He says "Serpico?" "Yup." - Frank Serpico 00:16
He says "Serpico?" "Yup."
And then, we're cruisin' around. - Frank Serpico 00:05
And then, we're cruisin' around.
I say, "Hey, look-it over there, - Frank Serpico 00:07
I say, "Hey, look-it over there,
You gotta respect the contract." - Frank Serpico 00:08
You gotta respect the contract."
And the guy's telling me, "You know, why don't you take the money?" - Frank Serpico 00:12
And the guy's telling me, "You know, why don'...
That's when I called up this guy - Frank Serpico 00:07
That's when I called up this guy
Life Magazine asked me to do - Frank Serpico 00:10
Life Magazine asked me to do
The... the Jewish doctor's son from Amherst - Frank Serpico 00:09
The... the Jewish doctor's son from Amherst
An Irish Catholic department and these two outsiders - Frank Serpico 00:07
An Irish Catholic department and these two outsiders
Frank and David Durk saw my article - Frank Serpico 00:08
Frank and David Durk saw my article
And so they called up - Frank Serpico 00:14
And so they called up
And I just didn't understand it, you know. - Frank Serpico 00:05
And I just didn't understand it, you know.
At some point, Durk comes to me and he says, - Frank Serpico 00:11
At some point, Durk comes to me and he says,
And so they gave up and said - Frank Serpico 00:08
And so they gave up and said