Serpico is a cop in the 1960s-early 1970s. Unlike all his colleagues he refuses a share of the money that the cops routinely extort from local criminals. Nobody wants to work with Serpico and hes in constant danger of being placed in life threatening positions by his partners. Nothing seems to get done even when he goes to the highest of authorities. Despite the dangers he finds himself in he still refuses to go with the flow in the hope that one day the truth will be known.
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Serpico managed to last a lot longer than I did as a cop...I made it 7 years but being a female officer in SC in the 80s was not a cakewalk either! I now teach criminal justice at the community college level and I have taught Ethics classes for 13 years Frank Serpico is always a part of that course and the movie is always shown. While the movie is "old" it still holds up. My students always rave about it and some of them even read Peter Maas book...without being made to! We finished the movie today. We begin discussion Friday and it will be lively as always. This is well worth the watchread and make no mistake that it "cant be like that now" watch the news.