Nearly 50 years after Frank Serpico exposed endemic corruption in the New York City Police Department, his name still divides people. For some, especially those on the left, Serpico is a whistleblower ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Frank Serpico” is a finely etched and fascinating documentary. Directed by Antonino D’Ambrosio, it’s a portrait of the legendary ...

Powerful story of disguise and alienation is led by the moral passion of Pacino’s countercultural whistleblower Film-making guts and glory are on display from director Sidney Lumet, star Al Pacino and ...

People have been wanting to make a documentary about Frank Serpico, the former cop who blew the whistle on systemic corruption within New York City's Finest back in the late 1960s and early '70s, for ...

“If I get angry enough, I’ll live,” Frank Serpico, the NYPD undercover cop and outspoken opponent of police corruption, said to himself as he lay dying after a botched 1971 drug deal bust-up. Made ...

Stuyvesant, N.Y. — He’s a political neophyte whose name — Frank Serpico — is synonymous with his single campaign issue: Corruption. The famously scrupulous ex-cop — key witness in the 1971 Knapp ...

The rough-around-the-edges docudrama of cops misusing their power seems even more provocative today “Many of his fellow officers considered him the most dangerous man alive – an honest cop.” That was ...

Cameras have become crucial to exposing police brutality. Before people could use consumer-grade cameras to record the abuse cops would later try to deny, the most memorable footage of police violence ...

Police whistleblower Frank Serpico has said Al Pacino played him better than he did himself. Pacino played the New York City detective who exposed widespread police corruption in the 1973 movie ...

Antonino D'Ambrosio gets to know 'Frank Serpico,' the real cop who inspired one of the 1970s' most iconic crime movies. By THR Staff Fans of Sidney Lumet’s 1973 Serpico, starring Al Pacino and his ...