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Francesco Vincent "Frank" Serpico (/ ˈ s ɜːr p ɪ k oʊ / SUR-pik-oh; born April 14, 1936) is an American retired New York Police Department detective, best known for whistleblowing on police corruption. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he was a plainclothes police officer working in Brooklyn, the Bronx and Manhattan to expose vice ...
Serpico is a 1973 American biographical crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Al Pacino in the title role. The screenplay was adapted by Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler from the book written by Peter Maas , with the assistance of its subject Frank Serpico .
Serpico was born in Fort Sill in Lawton, Oklahoma, the youngest of three children. [1] [better source needed] He became interested in acting after graduating from high school. He attended Boston University before transferring to and graduating from the State University of New York at Purchase in 1989. [2] [3] [4] He is of German and Italian ...
Tony Roberts, best known for his role in Woody Allen’s "Annie Hall," has died. He was 85. Robert's daughter Nicole Barley told The New York Times he died on Friday at his Manhattan home ...
Now, the Alexander brothers are believed to have been traveling by corrections department bus from Miami to New York, where they are likely to face time at the notorious Metropolitan Detention ...
David Bright Burnham (January 24, 1933 – October 1, 2024) was an American investigative journalist who worked for The New York Times.His work investigating corruption in the New York Police Department, in which a key source was detective Frank Serpico, served as a basis for the 1973 film Serpico.
His predecessor, Ralph “Babe” Serpico, had been sentenced to prison for bribery and tax evasion. Pullia refused to step down and said so publicly. “I do not believe in smoke-filled-room ...
The Wicker Man is a 1973 British folk horror film directed by Robin Hardy and starring Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt and Christopher Lee.The screenplay is by Anthony Shaffer, inspired by David Pinner's 1967 novel Ritual, and Paul Giovanni composed the film score.