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	Frank Serpico - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Frank Serpico (born April 14, 1936) is a former New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer who gained fame in 1971 as the first police officer to testify against police corruption.
		Born in Brooklyn, Serpico was the youngest child of Italian immigrants.
		Serpico's career as a plainclothes police detective working in Brooklyn and the Bronx to expose vice racketeering was short-lived, however, because he swam against the tide of corruption that engulfed the NYPD during the 1960s and early 1970s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frank_Serpico (1021 words)

	Serpico - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Serpico is a 1973 film based on the true story of New York City policeman Frank Serpico who eventually went undercover to expose the corruption of his fellow officers, after being pushed to the brink at first by their distrust and later by the threats and intimidation they levied against him.
		Frank Serpico (Al Pacino) became an officer on March 5, 1960, and was in the NYPD until retiring on June 15, 1972.
		For the second half of the movie Frank Serpico carried around a Browning Hi-Power Mk.II in 9mm Luger in a 14 shot clip.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Serpico (483 words)

	Frank Serpico at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Frank Serpico (born April 14, 1936) lives in Chatham, New York.
		Serpico joined the New York City police department on September 11, 1959 at 23.
		Serpico received numerous death threats, having testified against a former partner.
	www.wiki.tatet.com /Frank_Serpico.html (215 words)

	I Am "Serpico"
		Serpico will have none of it, as he is shunted from precinct to precinct, and mocked by his fellow cops as a goody-goody, untrustworthy, and dangerous- all because he’s decent and ethical.
		Consequently, Serpico is abandoned by his partners on a drug bust, and shot in the face -- the point at which the film begins, then proceeds to its coda.
		I urge people to visit the real Serpico’s website, and remember that for every Frank Serpico, who survives and gets praise, there are 999 whistleblowers whose lives are ruined, or seriously derailed, demeaned, or targeted, and who slip into oblivion without so much as an acknowledgment or thanks.
	thesimon.com /magazine/articles/diamond_in_the_rough/000_i_serpico.html (1231 words)

	REELINSIDER.COM - SERPICO (1973)
		Opening as Frank Serpico (Al Pacino) is rushed to an emergency room with a gunshot wound to the face, the movie flashes back to his graduation from the police academy in the mid-1960s to sketches his initial confrontation with the NYPD's laissez faire attitude.
		Eventually Serpico becomes a champion of alternative police practices and indulges in the rising counter-culture to bridge the gap between an active police force and a distrustful population.
		Though Serpico is the movie's centerpiece and purpose, all of its supporting characters are richly appointed with attitudes, costume and bias that only occasionally slip into caricatures of evil.
	www.reelinsider.com /serpico.html (1383 words)

	Serpico
		Serpico is based on the true story of New York police officer Frank Serpico, as detailed in a best seller written by Peter Maas.
		Serpico's girlfriend (Cornelia Sharpe) is seen topless in the bathtub.
		Serpico is assigned to one precinct in one department where he's ostracized for his unwillingness to play by the rules.
	www.fakes.net /serpico.htm (1755 words)

	Frank Serpico Biography
		Serpico’s career as a plainclothes police detective working in Brooklyn and the Bronx to expose vice racketeering was short-lived, however, because he swam against the tide of corruption that engulfed the NYPD during the late sixties and early seventies.
		As a consequence of his testimony before the commission, Serpico was ostracized by his peers and, many believe, ultimately “set up” to be shot during a drug raid in which he was seriously wounded and his fellow officers did not call for assistance.
		Serpico continues to speak out against both the weakening of civil liberties and corrupt practices in law enforcement, such as the attempted cover-up following the Amadou Diallo shooting in 1999.
	www.americanswhotellthetruth.org /pgs/portraits/Frank_Serpico.html (340 words)

	Serpico (1973)
		Fresh-faced and eager Serpico is ready for his first day on the beat, where he is paired up with an older, more experienced officer.
		Serpico is generally happy though, with lots of friends (outside the force), a nice flat and lots of girlfriends.
		Serpico is very much alone in this situation - if he'd just take the money everybody would be happy - and all he can do is keep applying for transfers.
	www.film.u-net.com /Movies/Reviews/Serpico.html (591 words)

	Serpico: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Serpico is a 1973 film which tells the true story of New York City New York City quick summary:
		New york city (officially named the city of new york) is the largest city, by population, in the united states....
		Frank serpico (born april 14, 1936) is a former police officer from new york city, now living in chatham, new york....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/se/serpico.htm (822 words)

	Endervidualism Agora - Serpico (1973) - reviewed by Tom Ender
		Serpico then pursues the other assailants, even though he is not the assigned officer for the case.
		The “extras” on the Serpico DVD are excellent giving a tremendous amount of background on the film, the people who made it, and the actual characters portrayed in the film.
		He was great in Godfather, but Serpico was his movie." If you haven’t seen this film you should for several reasons: the wonderful portrayal of Frank Serpico given by Al Pacino; the fine film produced by Martin Bregman and directed by Sydney Lumet; and above all, the story of Frank Serpico and a man’s integrity.
	endervidualism.com /agora/serpico_1973.htm (830 words)

	Serpico testomony before Presidential Crime Commisssion
		SERPICO: It was -- I believe at that time the name of it was the Chicago Joint Board, which I think the same year changed its name to the Central States Joint Board.
		SERPICO: '74 or '75, I don't know exactly my-organizing director, who at the time was Henry Harrison, came and recommended him for an organizing position.
		SERPICO: We were born on the same street a half block away from one another.
	www.ipsn.org /serpicopcoc.htm (4114 words)

	CNN - Serpico resurrects his decades-old criticism of NYPD - September 23, 1997
		The City Council is considering legislation to establish an independent commission to monitor police conduct in the wake of the August 9 beating and sexual torture accusations leveled by Haitian immigrant Abner Louima.
		Financially secure, Serpico lived in Europe until 1980, but now dabbles in art and divides his time between a country cabin and a Brooklyn apartment.
		Serpico urged the council to pierce the "blue wall of silence" by rewarding honest officers.
	www.cnn.com /US/9709/23/serpico.brutality (579 words)

	Serpico
		Since Serpico is a young man living in the 70's, he lives as one.
		Frank Serpico would not take any money for bribes or would he take any money from the real life bad guys to let them continue doing what they were doing wrong...
		Frank Serpico we all tip our hats to you for being a great cop who blew the whistle on crooked cops...
	alpacino_fan.tripod.com /serpico.html (228 words)

	SERPICO - Al Pacino's Loft
		In 1970, police officer Frank Serpico electrified the Knapp Commission investigating the New York City Police Department by testifying that there were as many cops taking payoffs as there were crooks.
		Surrounded by corruption, Frank Serpico is distrusted and harrassed by fellow officers, who suspect him both for his honesty and for his countercultural lifestyle.
		Serpico is called to testify, and now both cops and criminals are gunning for him.
	velvet_peach.tripod.com /fpacserpico.html (1173 words)

	DVD Review - Serpico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		His harrowing performance as Frank Serpico not only made a lasting impression on all of us, it also showed the emotional depths that Al Pacino can go to in order to bring a character to life.
		When Frank Serpico (Al Pacino) graduates from the Police Academy he is full of ideals of what his work should look like.
		The sense of powerlessness, the growing desperation and his growing inability to contain that agony are brought to the screen in such intensity that it makes you want to scream with the actor.
	www.dvdreview.com /fullreviews/serpico.shtml (1122 words)

	DOJ Press rease-Serpico racketeering indictment Aug 4, 1999
		Serpico and Busillo were charged with one count each of racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, bank fraud and making false statements on a bank loan application.
		In May 1988, Serpico and Busillo engaged in a series of unlawful financial transactions, including laundering more than $10,000 in funds derived from criminal activity and other transactions that were structured in amounts less than $10,000.
		Serpico caused $100,000 of this money to be delivered to Busillo, who used it in August 1990 to make a payment toward the purchase of the Glenview residence.
	www.ipsn.org /serpicoPRESSREL.htm (1411 words)

	Serpico (1973) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Serpico was an officer in a time when political corruption was rampant and many of his brethren were found "on the take." The true story is brought to the screen under the superb leadership and direction of Sidney Lumet and the brilliant performance of Al Pacino as Serpico.
		Serpico was said to be known for his eccentricity and Pacino plays it up every step of the way, from the hairy beard to the earrings; he immerses himself into the character.
		Lumet is a avid filmmaker of "New York-style films." Pacino walks the beat in his hobo outfits and long hair as if he's a hippie, not a cop.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0070666 (527 words)

	Serpico - Intelligent Recordings
		Serpico (known to his friends as K.Ce.) has been mixing others’ tracks for years now in his Didsbury neighborhood studio on the outskirts of Manchester, England.
		Serpico’s production assistance for Utopian will be released as Intelligent 5, the second installment in a series of 12”s spotlighting Manchester drum ‘n’ bass.
		Serpico and the rest of the Mancunian crew of DJs, and MCs will tour the US this summer.
	www.silvergirl.com /Serpico.html (329 words)

	Frank Serpico - A Personal Recollection
		In the fall of 2003 I made the acquaintance of Frank Serpico, who was portrayed by Al Pacino in the 1974 movie "Serpico." Here I've written a reminiscence of him and assembled some links for further reading.
		At this point I realized he could be Frank Serpico, famed for exposing widespread corruption in the nation's largest police department and almost paying for it with his life.
		I knew Serpico was living in upstate New York, and that he was a percussionist.
	www.celticguitarmusic.com /serpico.htm (1181 words)

	Serpico (1973)
		Frank Serpico (Pacino) becomes a police officer for all the right reasons, but immediately discovers that the "good" guys aren't much better than the scum on the street.
		Imagine Serpico's horror when he arrests a man who protests that he just paid the cops that morning.
		Serpico finds himself in a frightening and frustrating Catch-22, where it seems his life may depend on abandoning his morals.
	www.moviepie.com /rent/serpico.htm (492 words)

	Amazon.com: Serpico (Ws Sub): DVD: Al Pacino,John Randolph,Jack Kehoe,Biff McGuire,Barbara Eda-Young,Cornelia ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The story of police officer Frank Serpico who, practically single-handedly, took a stand against the enormous corruption within the NYPD, and paid for it dearly, is still fascinating and still relevant; and thanks to a killer performance by Al Pacino, this biopic by Sidney Lumet stands the test of time.
		Serpico was a part of the revolution in American cinema in that period, which was becoming younger, darker and grittier - and like films such as Taxi Driver, A Clockwork Orange, Dog Day Afternoon, Straw Dogs, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Midnight Cowboy - it stands the test of time.
		Serpico is transferred to Brooklyn South to work on drug dealers; this could be dangerous.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00006JU7T?v=glance (1989 words)

	Frank Serpico - 35th Anniversary of New York Magazine
		Getting nowhere inside the system, Serpico contributed to an April 1970 New York Times expose that reported that police were earning millions of dollars a year from payments from drug dealers, mobsters, and even small businesses.
		A year later Serpico is shot in the face during a drug raid but survives.
		In October of 1971, Serpico testified in front of the Knapp Commission: "The problem is that the atmosphere does not yet exist in which honest police officers can act without fear of ridicule or reprisal from fellow officers." He retires from the force the following year.
	www.newyorkmetro.com /news/articles/03/03/35th/crazedcity/crimes/1.htm (294 words)

	USATODAY.com - Serpico blows whistle on new NYPD book (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		NEW YORK (AP) — Frank Serpico is blowing the whistle on a new book by an NYPD detective that downplays police corruption.
		In the book Blue Blood, Bronx detective Edward Conlon says Serpico— the 1973 hit movie starring Al Pacino as a cop crusading against police graft — was too kind to its subject.
		"Frank Serpico has many admirers and many detractors, but there was no disagreement that he was a very strange man," he writes.
	www.usatoday.com /life/people/2004-04-21-serpico-whistle_x.htm?csp=27 (255 words)

	eBay - DVD: Serpico (UPC: 097360868944) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Al Pacino is forcefully real as Frank Serpico, an independent young recruit entering the police force in the late 1960s, fulfilling a childhood dream.
		Lumet hones in on the evocative details of Serpico's personal struggles and inner turmoil as his obsessive fight for truth begins to have disastrous effects on his personal life and threatens his safety.
		SERPICO is a stellar example of gritty '70s filmmaking, featuring another electrifying performance from Pacino.
	product.ebay.com /Serpico_UPC_097360868944_W0QQfvcsZ1177QQsoprZ3429661 (622 words)

	'R XMAS + SERPICO - DVDs
		Minimum-wagers are seen as honourable by Lumet, with Detective Frank Serpico proudly leading the starving-artist's life behind a cop's badge, while in Ferrara's view, there are few such romantic distinctions to be made between the haves and have-nots; but the temptation of green defines the people we're dealing with in both 'R Xmas and Serpico.
		Force-wide fear that he'll blow the whistle on this generally-accepted practice lands Serpico in the crosshairs of his colleagues, with the exception of a cop with mayoral connections (Tony Roberts) and a few superiors sentimental for the innocence of their early days on the job.
		Act one is especially perceptive in pitting Serpico's outside interests (ballet, poetry, classical music) against the conformist expectations of the precinct, culminating in a false accusation that leads to Frank's dismissal from BCI.
	filmfreakcentral.net /dvdreviews/rxmasserpico.htm (1002 words)

	Serpico TV Show - Serpico Television Show - TV.com
		Serpico and other officers search for Marcus in order to protect him from the gang.
		Marcus's school teacher, Michelle, knows where he is and Serpico tries to convince her to tell him.
		Tell the world what you think of Serpico, write a review for this show.
	www.tv.com /serpico/show/10298/summary.html (115 words)

	Concierge-Fort Lauderdale Florida-private jet and yacht charters, elegant accommodations, exotic car rentals, water ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		An attorney and financial expert, John Serpico is the owner and principal of Serpico and Serpico, PC, a business advisory, real estate, tax and estate planning law firm based in New York City.
		Serpico holds a B.A. degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. degree from Villanova University School of Law.
		He is admitted to practice in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, and the United States Tax Court.
	www.concierge-worldwide.com /ftlauderdale.html (878 words)

	Serpico - VHS - Title SA - SO Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		Al Pacino is majestic as Frank Serpico, an honest NY policeman, struggling to survive in a city and a police force riddled with corruption.
		The film was made a year after Pacino made his name as Michael Corleone in "The Godfather", and he received a Best Actor nomination for "Serpico", narrowly missing out to Jack Lemmon.
		Mehr bei dooyoo Deutschland: Serpico - Tests und Preisvergleich - Produkt Index Germany
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /vhs-title-sa-so/serpico (198 words)

	SERPICO previously at Film Forum in New York City
		SERPICO previously at Film Forum in New York City
		Screenplay by Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler (“He writes virulent lowlife dialogue with a demented lilt.” – Kael), based on the book by Peter Maas.
		Film Forum is located at 209 W Houston Street, between 6th Avenue and Varick, in New York City.
	www.filmforum.org /films/serpico.html (159 words)

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