All language subtitles for Serpico.1973.1080p.PMTP.WEB-DL.H264-PiRaTeS

( siren )

( labored breathing )

MAN:
This is car 2118.

Call Greenpoint hospital.
We're bringing in a wounded cop.

MAN ( on police radio ):
All right, 10-4.

( telephone rings )

8th precinct.

Yeah.

Jesus Christ.

Guess who got shot.

Serpico.

You think
A cop did it?

I know six cops
said they'd like to.

( telephone rings )

Hello. Yes? MAN (on the phone): Sidney?
Hello. Yes? MAN (on the phone): Sidney?

New York Times.

Serpico's been shot.

Oh, my God.

They're taking him
to Greenpoint.

I'll see you there.

( Indistinct
radio transmission )

MAN:
To be a police officer

means to believe
in the law

and to enforce it impartially,

respecting the equality
of all men

and the dignity and worth
of every individual.

Every day, your life
will be on the line,

and also your character.

You'll need integrity,
courage, honesty,

compassion, courtesy,
and perseverance

and patience.

You men are now prepared
to join the war against crime

and put the theory
you have learned

into practice
in the streets.

Same time, same place--
Both reports.

I already
made out a 424.

You covering this,
Lieutenant?

Yes, Chief Green.

Who was with serpico?

Heinemann
and Julio.

I want them interrogated.

I want this conducted
as an official

departmental investigation.

Transcripts by 9 a.m.

Another thing--
I want

a 24-hour guard
on Serpico.

Yes, sir.
You two, over there.

( siren )

MAN:
Anthony Sardo.

( applause )

MAN:
Ralph Seidler.

( applause )

Frank Serpico.

Frankie! Ah!

Frankie!

Marianne wants
a good shot.

Hey, get closer!

Patrolman Serpico.

Upstairs. See
the roll-call man.

Memorize your posts
and sectors.

This week,
you're 8:00 to 4:00.

Next week,
4:00 to midnight.

Grab an empty locker.

The older guys will
fill you in. Good luck.

Yo! 8:00. Let's go!
Come on!

Gather around.
Let's go.

All right.
Settle down.

All right. There's just
a few announcements today

and two new men.

On the board on my left,

you see squad one,
blue sector,

squad two, red sector,

squad three,
green sector.

Now, we want summonses,
summonses, summonses.

I'll help the boys, Florence. Okay.
I'll help the boys, Florence. Okay.

This is Frank Serpico, Charlie.

Hello, Frank.
Hello, Charlie.

How about some
creamed chicken?

Sounds good to me.
No, I think I'll have, uh...

How about
a roast beef on roll?

Yeah, okay. You go
through the line.

I'll bring it over.

Peluce...

It's all fat here.

I saw real lean beef
over there.

Take it easy.
Sit down. Sit down.

What's the matter? Don't be so fussy.
What's the matter? Don't be so fussy.

It's free.

Well, I'm not fussy.

I don't know
how I'll eat this.

Charlie's
an okay guy.

We give him a break on double
parking on deliveries.

Couldn't I pay for it,
get what I want?

Frank, generally,
you just sort of take

what Charlie gives you.

MAN ( on police radio ):
Sector D-david, 1034,

possible rape in progress,
Vicinity of P.S. 218,

Grand Avenue
and B-Q expressway.

Hey, Becker,
aren't we going to take that?

Oh, relax, Frank.
It's not our sector.

It's on
the borderline.

I'm going to
take it.

Uh, D sector, 1547,
10-4.

WOMAN:
Oh, my God!

SERPICO:
Hold it!

Hold it!
Police officers!

Oh, shit! SERPICO: Come on.
Oh, shit! SERPICO: Come on.

Give us a second.

Don't shoot it.
Be cool.

All right. Okay.
Put your guns away.

Put your guns
away, man.

Come on, goddamn it!

I said put
the motherfucking guns away!

I'll cut her,
goddamn it.

Turn the motherfucking
light out, man!

I'll cut her, man.
I'll cut her.

Now, you just be cool,
goddamn it.

Just be cool.

All right.
All right.

All right.
That's it.

The other one
took his thing out.

( pencil writing )

He put it up
to my mouth.

He... He held me down.

They said
if i didn't do it...

they'd kill me.

It's going to make
a hell of a witness.

Would you like
a stretcher?

Muscles,
he's all yours.

I'll call you
From the hospital.

Aah!

Uh!

Okay, hard-on.

Who were
your playmates?

Hey, Frank, you want
a piece of this?

No. I'm going
to fill out the arrest card.

Hey, Charlie, let me have
five minutes with him.

Sure.
Thanks.

Thank you, Charlie.

That prick really
worked you over.

How do you feel?

How come you didn't
stay for the fun?

That's not
my kind of fun.

Shit.

I want to talk to you.

I want to take you
across the street,

get you
a cup of coffee...

without cuffs.

Now, look. I didn't
touch you upstairs, right?

You take off on me,

I'll put one in your back.
Understand?

Come on.

SERPICO:
It's a goddamn shame

you got to take
this whole rap yourself.

I don't know. Maybe
you're guilty. Maybe you're not.

Maybe you just
went along for the ride.

I got a feeling
you just went along.

You're the one
who got caught.

You never even
got your cock out.

Put it
in the report.

It's in the report.

Look at you.

I can't eat. No, you can't.
I can't eat. No, you can't.

I don't understand you,
you know that?

What are you,
obligated to those guys?

Fuck it. They left you
holding the bag.

You don't owe them nothing.

They're going to put you away,
you know that?

What can I get?

Oh, let's see--
Kidnapping,

Sodomy, rape...

Are you kidding me?

Hey.

You talk to me.
Save yourself.

GUY:
Let it go, Harv!

GUY:
Take the shot.

You won't send
someone over?

McCoy, I get one,
I'm going to lose the other.

Now, look, Serpico,
that's Muscles' case.

He's off
for a couple days.

MCCOY:
I can't cut in.

They're here now!

It'll keep.
No, it won't!

Police officer!
Hold it! Hold it!

Turn around.

Ow!

Hey!
Come on, man. Come on.

Please take that gun
from my head.

Turn around slow.

We'll take it from here, kid.
You don't have to hang around.

What are you
talking about?

That's my collar.

We take the collar.

A collar like this--

Don't look good
a patrolman takes it.

Wait a minute,
I don't care how it looks.

I did the work.
I broke my ass on this.

It's my collar.

You really want
the collar?

You can be brought up
on charges.

You left
your post.

You left the street,

entered the schoolyard
without permission.

That's just for openers.
Right, Penella?

No memo entry.

Shit. You'll be
lucky to end up

with a reprimand.

We'll give you an assist
on the arrest, kid.

Jim, get out of the way!

What are you doing?

You want me to go
across the street?

Hey, Frank.

Hi, uncle Will.
How you doing?

Hey, Pasquale.

Hey, Frankie!
How you doing?

Okay. How you doing?
Where's Pop?

Be back
in a half-hour.

How's it going,
Frankie?

Okay. I come
to get my shoes.

Yes.
Rev it up. Rev it up!

Oh, here they are.

Frankie,
how you doing?

Okay. Good job.

Oh, you people
do good work here.

So... How you doing,
Frankie?

You keep
Asking me that.

What's the matter with you?
I'm okay.

I thought you were coming over
to the house Saturday night.

Oh, I'm sorry, Pasquale.
I couldn't make it.

You know, Margaret
invited Marianne over.

Marianne was
very disappointed--

Oh, now, that's--
Now, look.

I don't like that.
I mean, really.

Don't invite
people over

if you're not sure
I'm going to come.

If i want to see Marianne,
I'll call her.

What's going on
with you two, anyway?

Hey, Pasquale,

I'm going to tell you
something.

See, all day long,
I work with cops, right?

Now, when i go out,
I see Marianne,

Her father's a cop,
her brother's a cop,

her uncle's a cop.

I got a feeling
she's a cop, too.

Oh, come here.
How you doing on the job?

It's got
its problems.

Mamma tells me you're looking
for a new apartment.

Is that true? Yeah.
Is that true? Yeah.

So, where are
you going?

I don't know.
I'm looking around by school.

NYU?
Greenwich Village?

Greenwich Village, yeah.

The old neighborhood's
not good enough?

Tell pop I was here.

Yeah.
Frankie, Sunday?

Sunday what?

Dinner? Huh?

Do me one favor, though.

I know, no Marianne
No Marianne.

All right. A couple
of announcements.

"Announcing a course in
fingerprint identification

to be given
at John Jay college.

This course will be available
to those patrolmen

who wish to make themselves
eligible for assignment

to the Bureau of Criminal
Identification, BCI,

which is generally
considered to be a path

to a detective's
gold shield.

Signed, Captain McGuire."

On the board on my left,
you see squad one...

Hot enough for you?

It's not the heat.
It's the humidity.

I had a feeling
you were going to say that.

Know how long
you're taking on that one?

Check one print category.
Two-- that's plenty.

I'm not going to give
a guy a "no record"

when he might
have a record.

How long you been
with the BCI now, Serpico?

All my life.

That's long enough
to know how we do things.

Barto?

It's not just that.
You don't like me.

BCI never had
a weirdo cop before.

Barto?
Stop bugging me.

SERPICO:
Mamma?

( speaking Italian )

Frankie...

( speaking Italian )

Ha ha ha!

( singing along with
Italian opera on radio )

♪ Bom ba bom ba bom ba
Bom ba bom ba ♪

♪ Ba bom ba bom ba bom ba ♪♪

Hey.

Want to buy
a puppy?

Look at that, huh?

Where'd you get
these dogs?

Oh, they're mine.

Want one for free?

Uh... No.
I'll pay for it.

How much are they? $5.00.
How much are they? $5.00.

You got it.

Okay, now which one of you
want to come with me?

( puppy yips )
What?

Come on.

Could you do me a favor?
What?

Watch the car and my stuff
because I'm moving in.

Yeah.
Thank you.

Don Quixote.

( speaking Spanish )

Uh... Señorita Land?

Mr. Serpico.
I got my horse here.

Maybe I could
drop you someplace.

I'm going to work
At the Caffe Reggio.

Oh, Caffe Reggio.
Um...

That's 4th Street
and...

MacDougal and 3rd.

MacDougal and 3rd.
Can I give you a lift?

Sure.

Jesus, what's that?

Oh, you got your hands
on my money belt.

Don't do that.

That's not a money belt.
That's a gun.

Well, we got
to eat, don't we?

(laughs ) What do you need
a gun for?

Ever hear
of Barnum & Bailey?

Yeah. Well, I'm their lion tamer.
Yeah. Well, I'm their lion tamer.

Come on.
It's true.

I think you're
full of shit.

You do, huh? What do you do? Yes.
You do, huh? What do you do? Yes.

Oh, me? I'm, um...
I'm an actress,

a singer, a dancer,
and a buddhist.

Oh. In that order?

Ha ha ha!

I'm a cop.
Would you believe that?

No, I wouldn't
believe it.

( humming )

Leslie. Leslie.

Yeah.

Those leaps that guy made.
What are they called?

Jetes.

Yeah.

( humming )

You try it.

All right.
How do you start it?

What's your position?
Comme ca, et...

Ha ha ha!

Next life. Come on.

What are you reading now,
Serpico?

My Life,
by Isadora Duncan.

She was
a ballet dancer.

A belly dancer?

No. No, a ballet dancer.
Ballet.

You know ballet?

A little.
A little bit, huh?

You ever see one?

Not close.

I've been to the ballet.
It's terrific.

I've been taking
classes, you know.

Oh, yeah?
Yeah.

That's where I go
after I leave.

Fantastic
for your body.

Really builds you up.

I can tell.
You noticed, huh?

I noticed.

There's five positions.
You know that?

Five? You're being
short-changed.

Oh, no. It's enough.
Believe me.

For what?
Watch. See?

This is
the first position.

From this position,
I can do anything.

You want to see?

Sure. Here we go.
Sure. Here we go.

♪ Toot! Toot! ♪♪

Bye, Barto!

Lieutenant Steiger--
No, no. Later.

Hey, turn off
the lights.

Aw, Potts,
I wanted to read.

Positions, positions!

Positions like that you don't
see in a pretzel factory.

I got to do my pee-pee
in the dark.

She's got to be a nympho
with those positions.

Hey, Serpico, how can you piss
at a time like this?

Barto wants a specimen.

I'll look into
this matter.

( flushes )

What do you got there?

Straight ahead.

Straight ahead where?

Third window down.

I don't see anything
over there.

Let me see.

Oh, she just pulled
down the shade.

You got to be some kind
of jinx, Serpico.

That's right.
blame me.

Uh, hold it, Serpico.
What were you two doing?

What?
In the shit-house in the dark!

Were you going down on him?

What are you talking about?

You weren't just doing
a little peeping Tom.

You were sucking his cock,
weren't you?

What are you, crazy? I'll show you fucking crazy.
What are you, crazy? I'll show you fucking crazy.

Last week, I found
a pair of shorts

with semen on them!

There!

You actually
accusing me of this?

Good morning, Captain McClain.
I'm Officer Serpico.

I was told I could
talk to you, sir.

Oh. Certainly, son.
Come in.

Lieutenant Steiger
won't make a report.

He's too concerned with
the image of his department.

But it... It could affect
your future in the BCI.

Sir,
I tell you, uh...

Frankly, I don't see
any future there.

That was all bullshit
about it being a career path

toward being detective.

Because I've been there
two years now.

And you want a transfer?

Yes, sir, but I don't want
to go back to uniform.

I'll see what
I can do, Frank.

Francis, do you know about
my weekend retreats

for catholic officers?

No.

Well, you read that. It might be
of interest to you.

You are catholic,
aren't you?

Yeah. I was
baptized, yes.

Good. Good.

Alfie, come on.
Paco!

Hey. Mmm! Missed you, baby.
Hey. Mmm! Missed you, baby.

She's so crazy,
that girl. I tell you.

Why Paco?

Oh, all my friends
call me Paco.

Could you do me
a favor?

Get my keys
out of this pocket.

Well, um...
What will I call you--

Frank or, uh... Paco?

Paco.

( music playing )

SALLY:
Leslie!

Sally!
Ah, Larry! Oh!

This is Paco.

Hey, man.
LESLIE: Larry's a poet,

but he works for
an advertising agency.

Sally's an actress
but works for a photographer.

Paco's a policeman.

Oh, that's terrific.

I work for
the police department.

That's really nice.
Okay.

SALLY:See you.

Pat, how are you?

Pat's a novelist,
but you're working

for an insurance company,
aren't you?

Yes.
Paco's a policeman.

Really?
How exciting!

Well, not too.

Right now,
I'm filing fingerprints.

Oh! listen, I file
insurance policies.

We should get
together then...

Uh, file or something.
Hey, that was an improvement.

I want to ask you
something.

How come
all your friends

are on their way
to being somebody else?

Think about that.

I want to ask you
something else, too.

Will you do me
a big favor?

Don't tell anybody
I'm a cop.

You know, let me just
sort of... Do it myself.

Okay.

Hey, man, are you
really a cop?

Right. I am.

Wow. You know, Leslie
is a mind fucker.

You got to be kidding.
I didn't know that.

What's a mind fucker?

Well, that's a chick

who dates intellectual types
and superbright guys.

Yeah?

Well, she's very perceptive.
Ha ha ha!

You know,
Japanese culture

and theater
and painting...

It's too rigidly
stylized.

Well, yeah, you know...

Yeah, but...

I think after a while,
when you get through that,

you start to appreciate
the clarity.

You know,
the authority.

I got a sheep dog.
Yes.

There have been
sheep dogs in my family

dating back
for 16 generations,

dating back
to the Borgias.

The family crest... Uh-huh?
The family crest... Uh-huh?

is a sheep dog
pissing into a gondola.

Ha ha! oh, shit.

Paco, everybody
loves you! I love you!

Lieutenant,
my wife call for me?

Officer Serpico.
Reporting, sir.

That fucking thing
on your lip, it goes,

And get a haircut.
Uh, sir...

That's an order. You look
like an asshole with dentures.

Do I have the right
of appeal, sir?

Sure. Go see
Captain Tolkin.

You got one foot
in shit already.

Put the other one in.

Where might that be,
I wonder, sir?

Thank you, sir.

That is one hell of a mustache.
I wish I had the guts.

I have what
I consider to be

good reasons
for wearing it, sir.

You don't
have to tell me.

But I'd like to, sir.
I thought so.

I think it's time
that we started

to communicate more
on the streets.

You know,
the way it is,

we're totally
isolated, sir.

We're completely
out of touch

with what's happening.

An undercover cop
walks around in disguise

wearing black shoes
and white socks.

Ha ha ha! Everybody knows who he is.
Ha ha ha! Everybody knows who he is.

You made your point.

I want you to keep
your mustache,

and I'd like you
to patrol in your own car,

wear whatever you want.

How does
that strike you?

I'd like that, sir.

To be honest,
I'm bucking for detective.

No shit.

No.
Ha ha ha!

( alarm bell ringing )

Hold it!

( gunshots )

What the hell
are you doing?

Oh, Christ!

Quick,
against there.

Hey! I'm
a police officer!

Get over there!

Hey!
It's me, Serpico!

SERPICO: Hey!

Hey, I'm a police officer!
Police officer!

Ah! I'm a police officer!

Jesus, Frank, how was I supposed
to recognize you?

You stupid fuck.
Frank, I didn't know you!

You didn't know me?
You fire without looking?

You fire without a warning,
without a brain in your head?

Oh, shit.

If I buy one,
you motherfucker,

I'm not going
to buy it from you.

Holy shit.
Look at that mess.

Filling out forms
till next month.

Good.

Hey, Jesus, Frank,

I know it's a hell
of a time to ask you,

But I'll have to go through
all that ballistics bullshit.

It's going to look
like hell

if i have nothing
to show for it.

Frank, do me a favor.

Give us the collar.

You motherfucker.

You want
the collar, huh?

You don't want to
fill out forms, right?

Here.

You're a buddy.

Oh, I'm a buddy.

Only you tell Tolkin
I gave it to you.

I am passing out
these marijuana cigarettes

for you to sample.

So that when you become
plainclothesmen,

you'll be able to identify
the pungent aroma

and recognize the disorienting
effect of the drug.

When you observe them
in narcotics suspects.

Among users of the drug,

a marijuana cigarette
is referred to as reefer,

stick, roach, joint.

The drug itself
is referred to

as pot, tea,
boo, stuff...

Boo.
Grass.

Hey, this
is real good shit.

I got to have
something to eat.

Oh, look what it is.
Look what it is.

It's a potato factory
is what it is,

And I have to have some.
I love it!

Have some of that.
We have nothing to...

I have to have a dime? It goes in the little slot.
I have to have a dime? It goes in the little slot.

That doesn't work. It's from
the Civil War this machine.

Pull on it.

Doesn't, doesn't,
doesn't, doesn't...

Go ahead!
Please! I beg of you!

Come out!
Potatoes, come out!

You're pretty fucking weird
for a cop.

Me? You!

What about you, buddy?
Me?

You're a fucking hippie. It's beautiful, though.
You're a fucking hippie. It's beautiful, though.

The two of us.

Gimme. Ah!

Where you supposed
to go from here?

93 Precinct, plainclothes.
Put your gun away.

You?

I'm scheduled to go
on special assignment

with the Mayor's
department of investigations,

Detective Squad.

That's Gold Shield.

Yeah.

No four years
in plainclothes?

Who do you know?

I make it my business
to know people--

People who can help.

Unfair.

Unfair.

Life is unfair, pal.

I mean, look, you've got a feel
for the streets,

and I've got a feel
for the politics.

I mean, you and me
in one Batmobile,

we could clean up
the whole city.

Can we get candy out
of this machine, though?

( kicking machine )

No, thanks.

Well, this is a good place
to tell you, Paco.

You know that
guy in Texas

I was telling you about?

Yeah.

What about him?

I'm going to marry him
in two months.

Unless you marry me.

Hmm. What about the, um...
Theater

and the dancing?

A girl has to get
married sometime.

Well, you're a long way
from sometime, Leslie.

I thought
you were committed.

I am, but... Mm-hmm?
I am, but... Mm-hmm?

You are, but...

I can go on working,
studying there.

Where? Fort Worth?

Amarillo.

Amarillo.

Well, am I invited
to the wedding?

I'll ask Roy.

Yeah, it's pretty good
in this precinct.

Here you go.

Usually a 9:00-5:00 day

is the best time
for policy and bookmaking.

If you have
to work nights,

like a liquor violation,
just call in.

Don't worry about
quotas right now.

A couple of hooker collars
will keep it cool.

Serpico.

Been holding
this for you.

It's from Jewish Max.

( telephone rings )

First day on the precinct,
I get that.

This is great,
Frank.

I can open a whole can
of peas with this.

It's scary.

I want to protect myself.
Okay.

Okay, you know what
we do with this?

We take it
to inspector Kellogg.

Kellogg.
Yeah.

Kellogg, didn't he used to be
in plainclothes?

He's the second-highest
ranking cop

in the department
of investigations.

So what?
What do you mean, so what?

I was instrumental
in getting him his job.

He owes me.
You understand?

He's the most honest
cop I know, Frank.

Frank, trust me.

Things like this
were common practice

in the bad old days.

Hard to believe
it's still going on.

Serpico, don't you think
it's kind of stupid

taking an envelope from
somebody you didn't know?

Uh...

What was I supposed to do?
I mean, give me...

How would I know what was
in there unless I took it?

You, uh... You have
two alternatives.

I can take you to the
commissioner of investigations.

He'll drag you in front
of a grand jury.

I don't want that.

Oh, I can understand that.

Word will get out.

Before it's all over,

they'll find you face-down
in the East River.

What's the other
alternative?

Forget it.

Well, what do
I do with this?

Hey, Sarge,
you got a minute?

Yeah.

Colored cop gave me this.
I don't know what to do with it.

I'll send it on
to the Benevolent Association.

( Italian opera playing )

Alfie, come on.

( Italian opera
playing inside )

Is that Bjoerling?

No. It's Di Stefano.

I was sure
it was Bjoerling.

No.

You could hear it
better over here.

That's an invitation, right? Right.
That's an invitation, right? Right.

For coffee.

I'll have to take a rain check.
I'm due at the hospital.

Why don't you
call in sick?

Perfect place.

Not me.

What are you,
dedicated or something?

That's right,
I'm dedicated.

Most men
can't stand it.

Well,
what do they know?

I like your garden.

Hey.

Love my garden.

Okay.
I love your garden.

You know what
they say, don't you?

No. What do they say?

If you love
a man's garden,

you got to love the man.

Ha ha ha!

You like her, Alfie?

All I can tell you, sir,
is I gave it back.

I got to get out
of the 93.

Well, what happened
on your narcotics application?

It looked like it was set until
I said I was in plainclothes,

And that was it.
It was like the kiss of death.

They think everybody in clothes
is on the take.

Sir, do you know anything
about the Bronx 7th division?

I can go there if I want,

but if it's the same
shit, screw it.

I'd rather answer phones

for a Spanish communications
unit and go nuts.

Come on, Alfie.

Frank, did anyone
ever tell you

that you have a tendency
toward self-pity?

No. You're the first.
All right.

Frank, I have a friend
up there-- Roy Palmer.

He's an administrative officer.

I'll speak with him.
Good.

Thank you, sir. Bye. Frank, God bless you.
Thank you, sir. Bye. Frank, God bless you.

Ha ha ha!

( telephone rings )

Yeah.

Hello, Frank?
Captain McClain here.

Oh, Captain McClain.

Could you hold on
a minute please, sir?

Yeah. Sorry.
So, Frank, I, uh,

saw inspector
Palmer tonight,

and he assures me
the 7th division

is as clean as
a hound's tooth.

His words--"clean
as a hound's tooth."

Oh, yeah? I told him he was getting
Oh, yeah? I told him he was getting

a hard-working officer,

wears a beard,
speaks Spanish,

and would make
a superb undercover man.

He was delighted.

That's good news, sir.

Thank you.
Thank you very much.

Bye, Frank. God bless.

When did you
start doing that?

McClain says
that Palmer says

that the 7th is as clean
as a hound's tooth.

Well, if that's true,
your problems are over.

Plainclothes
division.

Upstairs.

Hey, Frank!
Keough!

How are you?
Good to see you!

We heard you were
coming up here.

Hey, listen. Say hello
to Nate Smith.

Frank Serpico.

Jamie Morales,
Frank Serpico.

Serpico?
Frank.

You'll love it up here.

It's beautiful.
I'll see youse later.

Make a collar with me.
Get the feel of the division.

I should check in. Fuck that. Come on.
I should check in. Fuck that. Come on.

♪ Deck the halls
With boughs of holly ♪

♪ Fa la la la la
La la la la... ♪

10 grand, Dallas--
If minnesota. Right.

♪ Fa la la la la...
Green Bay 12 1/2 at--

♪ Fa la la la...
You dumb fuck.

We told you
this location's hot

and to stay the fuck
out of here.

Keough, nobody
told me. Honest.

Bullshit.

Come on.
Let's take a walk.

Hi, kid. All right,
a C-note apiece.

No way. We got a complaint.
Right, Frank?

Come on.

All right.
Make it 200, Keough.

What, are you getting cheap
in your old age, Bambino?

Three. Three?
Three. Three?

You heard me.

All right, 3. I'll tell you what I'll do.
All right, 3. I'll tell you what I'll do.

I'll make it
a light one.

Hey, Frankie!
Yes?

Want to
write this up?

No. I'm going
to check in.

Take the collar, Frank.
Get on the sheet.

I better check in.

Hey, Frank!

We'll have
a talk later, right?

You know,
that dumb schmuck

only came up with two bills
because I booked him?

Here you go, Frank.

No. It was your collar.
Keep it.

I had a hunch you
wouldn't take it.

You know, Frankie,
we got a call

about you
from Downtown.

Now, I ain't
saying who.

They just said you
couldn't be trusted, you know?

Because I don't
take money, right?

Come on, Frank.

Who can trust a cop
who don't take money?

I mean, you are
pretty weird, you know, kid?

And with that call, the guys
were getting worried.

I told them you were okay,
I knew you from the old 21.

You'd never hurt
another cop, right?

You'd never hurt
another cop, would you, Frank?

Depend on what he did.

That's the wrong
answer, Frankie.

( teapot whistling ) Frankie.
( teapot whistling ) Frankie.

We're not doing
anything bad here.

We're skimming
a little gambling money.

It's clean.
It's not dope.

Hurts nobody.

Come on, Frank.

Gamblers
are gentlemen,

and they're going
to operate anyhow, right?

You don't have
to explain yourself.

Do what you got to do.
Want some tea?

No, I don't like that shit.
I'll have a coffee.

What's the matter, Frank?
What are you worried about?

Listen, we don't go
overboard here.

We're not sloppy.
We're careful.

Yeah, the spics, the niggers,
we bust them,

because they operate
so dumb and sloppy,

they get your ass
in hot water.

But the Italians--
Now, that's a different story.

They're men of their word.
They're reliable.

You really got it
analyzed, huh?

Fucking-a right, I got it
analyzed. It's worth it.

You know how much
the nut's running now, Frankie?

No, I wouldn't know that.

$800 a month.

That's 800 clams every time
your girlfriend gets the curse.

Tax-free.

Here's the beauty. You don't
get it for the first eight weeks

till the guys get to know you
and you're okay,

but you don't
lose, either,

because you get it
on the other end

when you leave
the division.

Frankie, it's like...
It's like severance pay.

Think it over,
all right?

In or out.

Look at me.
I'm shaking.

All my life,
I wanted to be a cop.

I can remember
nothing else.

I remember this one time...

There was, uh...

Something happened--

A domestic argument
or something.

Somebody
stabbed somebody.

And...

There was this crowd
around this tenement.

I must have been 9,
10 years old.

I was this big.

I went over to see
what was going on.

There was the red light
going around and around,

all these people,
and I couldn't see.

And I kept saying,

"Do you know
what's going on?"

Nobody knew.

It was like a big
mystery behind that...

That crowd there.

All of a sudden,

the crowd
just parted--

Like the Red Sea,
you see?

And there were
these guys in blue.

And I said, "they know."

What do they know?
What do they know?

Ha ha ha!

It's amazing...

It's incredible...

But I feel like a criminal
'cause I don't take money.

You get so tense when you
talk about it.

I wonder why. Come here.
I wonder why. Come here.

Oh...

Right there.
Here?

Uh-huh.

I'm going to ask you
a question, okay?

Okay.
Do you like cops?

You're my first.

No, I mean all this shit
I've been telling you.

Do you believe it? Why not?
Do you believe it? Why not?

Does it shock you?
Not much.

Oh, what's the matter
with me?

Everybody knows
about cops.

Did you ever hear
the story of the wise king?

No, but I got
the feeling.

I'm going to hear it.

Well, there was
this... This king,

and he ruled
over his kingdom.

Right in the middle
of the kingdom,

there was a well.

That's where
everybody drank.

One night, this
witch came along,

and she poisoned the well.
Ah.

And the next day,
everybody drank from it.

Except the king,

and they all went crazy.

They got together and said,

"We got to get rid of the king

'cause the king is mad."

And then that night,

he went down and
drank from the well,

and the next day,
all the people rejoiced

because their king
had regained his reason.

I think you're trying
to tell me something.

Me? Yeah.
Me? Yeah.

Frank, I want you
to say hello to somebody.

Hey! Drop your cocks
and grab your socks!

What the fuck
is this?

Frank Serpico, say hello
to Don Rubello.

He's going to be
your new partner.

Hey. Look, if you don't
want to work

with this fucking nut
for some reason,

I'll buddy up
with him, all right?

And go through all that crap
changing assignments?

Nah, nah, nah.
We'll be okay.

We're Paisanos, Huh?

Hey, what's with
the fucking mouse?

It's my partner.

Partner?

Specially trained,
you know?

He goes to
track down heroin.

Just let him loose,

he goes into the hole,
picks it up, brings it back.

Sniffs it out,
brings it to you.

Yeah.
I heard of that.

You heard of that? Yeah.
Yeah.

This guy I'm
looking for-- Vernon--

He's a numbers collector

who ain't been meeting
his obligations.

He won't be hard to spot.
He's a mover.

This is prime time.

Since we're partners,
you got to know the situation...

Straight off.
I collect for the division--

Me and two other bagmen.

That's what Keough
was sort of hinting at.

Yeah. Three of us Pick up
the payoff twice a month.

Hey! Look.
There he is.

Ha ha ha!

Ha ha ha!

Son of a bitch!

Ha ha ha!

Look out!

You stupid bastard!

( honk )

( honk honk )

Where's the money?

( toilet flushes )

You been jerking me
around, you fuck!

Ain't no money!
I'm behind now, man!

Three times
you never show, right?

I'll have it
for you tonight.

I swear. I'll have it
for you tonight.

Don't bust me!

( toilet flushes )

Last time, Vernon.
The last time.

You fuck me,
and you're gone, you hear?

You hear? Huh? huh?

Uh!

See you at the Domino,
midnight,

And you'd better
have $300, you fuck.

You hear?
Right? Right?

All right, Frank.

Huh? Huh? Ha ha ha!

I keep this place
for socializing.

Someday we'll get
a couple of broads, huh?

Have a little party.

Hey. Ha ha ha!

Make some ice.
Booze is right over here.

So what do
You think, Frank--

About the money? Look, Don...
About the money? Look, Don...

If I was broke,
if I had a family,

I don't know.

But I'm not broke,
and I don't have a family,

Why the fuck stick my neck out?
You know what I mean?

It's already out, Frank,
not taking the money.

Better the other guys
don't know that.

Hey, I tell you
what I'll do.

I'll hold your share
for you, huh?

You change your mind,
it'll be right in here.

Right in here,
right down to the penny, huh?

Hey. Look at that.

What are you drinking? Give me a scotch.
What are you drinking? Give me a scotch.

Hey, next thing
I want to do,

I want to get a color TV
for the games.

Hey, how about some gin?
Penny a point.

Yeah. Let me
ask him first.

Hello, Frank.
Get in.

My God, Frank.
This is confidential.

He's a police officer.

I thought maybe he could sit in.
No, absolutely not.

All right, all right.

Frank, I notified
Commissioner Delaney

about everything
you told me.

He wants you to stay
right where you are

and continue to collect
information.

Then you'll be
his eyes and his ears.

He said he was
delighted that, quote,

"A man of integrity
had surfaced,"

Unquote.

When do I hear from him?

He said he'd reach out for
you when the time comes.

Reach out?

Mm-hmm.

See, you know,
my situation's

pretty fucking sticky up there.

What am I supposed to do?
Just wait for him--

You must have
patience, Frank.

But it's pretty
fucking sticky.

Patience and faith.

When a man
like the Commissioner

says he'll get
in touch with you,

he'll get in touch
with you.

Good-bye, son.
God bless you.

KEOUGH:
All right, now. Marinda's too hot.

we got to lay off him
for a couple of months.

Falco's got two runners
he ain't paying for.

check that
fucking guy out, huh?

Hey, Frankie.
How are you?

Listen, Rubello's
being transferred,

so you'll have to work
with a new bagman.

Al Sarno, I want you
to meet Frank Serpico.

This'll be your new man.

How are you?

Listen, you know
that operation

down by Hunt's point,
the new one?

What are we going to do
about that?

BOY:
You the new bagman, you prick?

What happened
to Rubello,

you son of a bitch?

Wait a minute.

You know, Frank,

sometimes
I ask myself,

What the fuck
am I doing?

You know, if this
ever came out...

Christ, my family.

My daughter.

She just started with
the San Francisco opera.

Chorus.

Took a lot of money.

I once
tried to pull out.

Christ, they were
all over me.

So, you...

just go along.

Unless you're
willing to go back

to uniform duty.

Shit. How the money
rolls in.

Here. Let me
give you yours now.

I'm not on.

What do you mean,
you're not on?

Just what I said.

I'm not on.
I don't take money.

Some gag. Here.

No, I told you straight.

I don't take money,
and that's the truth.

What were you doing
with Rubello?

Ask Rubello.

Your nut-- Where's it
been going?

Ask Rubello.

FRANK:
All right then, sir.

I'll go
to Delaney myself.

That would not be
advisable, Frank.

You know, you don't
understand, captain.

It's been weeks.
not a word.

I understand
perfectly, Frank.

But, captain,
now they know I'm not on.

I've done all I can.
Good-bye, Frank.

He's out. Won't do
another fucking thing.

Blair, I'm telling you,

nothing's going to
happen from the inside.

the top guys have been
cops too long.

You haven't heard
from Commissioner Delaney,

have you?

No, not
a fucking word.

Would you be willing to go
outside the department?

Where could we go?

Would you believe
the mayor's office?

The Mayor's office?

His right-hand man--

Guy named Jerry Berman,
from Princeton.

You knew I knew somebody.

That's the somebody
I know.

And he cares, Frank.
He really cares.

You know
What we're doing?

We're going
outside the department.

That's right.

Dynamite.

Every plainclothesman
in the Division

and one,
maybe two lieutenants?

Oh, that's...
That is dynamite.

That is incredible.

That is... 150...

That is $250,000 a year,

but that is just
one precinct.

That is amazing!

See, what I feel
is needed here

is, you know, like
a real investigation.

And I am sure
that the Mayor

will see this immediately.

McClain and Delaney...

They have done nothing?

Oh, man.
That is amazing.

Uh... oh...

Another thing.
See, in a couple of days,

they're going to have
a meeting of the pad.

Frank is in a very,
very tough spot.

I can see that.

Rumors. See,
I have heard rumors,

but never
touching it directly.

And for
an on-the-line cop

to come forward
like this is beautiful.

Really! Frank, I mean,

you have my respect
and my sympathy

for What you've been
going through, man. Wow.

Hello.
This is Jerry Berman.

Is he there?

All right.
I'll hold on.

Well?

Tell me what happened,
Paco.

I'd like a drink.

That guy is going to
go to the Mayor.

To the Mayor!

Ha ha ha!

Come here, Alfie.

We're all going to go
to the Mayor together.

You know that?

Ha ha ha!

I couldn't be any more
embarrassed.

It's like
a personal defeat.

However...

There are priorities.

What are
the priorities, Jerry?

The priorities are

a long, hot summer ahead,

and riots are expected,

and the Mayor cannot
alienate the police force.

Now, in the fall...

Now, in the fall,
it may be possible

to take another look
at the situation.

All right. Fine.
I'm sorry.

Frank!

They're all rotten.

Chicken-shit.

The whole fucking
system's corrupt.

( knock on door )

Who's there?

BLAIR:
It's me, Frank.

I got to talk to you.

You know, Frank,

you're behaving like
a goddamn child.

Let him in.

You let him in.

Hi.

Hello.

I'm sorry, Frank.

I'm sorry I got you
into the whole thing.

Bullshit! I got me
into this whole thing.

"Wow. amazing!

"Dynamite!
Beautiful!

"Dynamite!

Priorities.
Priorities."

You and your
big-deal friends,

your contacts,

your big
bullshit names.

Bob Blair, the big operator
from Princeton.

The mystery man
with connections,

the hotline
to the Mayor.

Who the fuck
do you think you are?

You come
looking for help,

whining,
mealy-mouthed,

with your humble-pie act--
the injured innocent.

Who told you the department
or the whole world

was some fucking
boy scout camp?

What do you expect, for
Christ's sake, a magician?

A big daddy?

White knight rides in,
snaps his fingers,

the whole dirty world
turns virgin white?

Keep talking.
That's what you can do.

Pope's choir
sings Ave Maria?

You going to blame me
because those bastards

don't want
to get involved?

I tried to help you.

I got my head
handed to me.

Where's your head?
It's on your shoulders.

You don't look
so hot yourself.

What's all this shit
over here?

Get ready to blow up.
I got another idea.

Your ideas are as full
of shit as you are.

BLAIR:
Right on cue.

SERPICO:
Right on cue.

Talk to Foreman, the
Commissioner of investigations.

Another guy.
We got another guy.

We could even
talk to a guy

on The New York Times.

Oh, that's terrific.

Go to the Times.

Every time
I talk to you, Blair,

20 more people
know about it.

This is safe, Frank.

With my ass on the line,
it's safe, right?

It's already on the line.

That's my business,
all right?

You don't trust me?

I don't trust you!

Go fuck yourself!

SERPICO:
Fuck you!

Look, when I come home,
I want a house clean.

Don't take it out on me,
Paco.

I'm not! I don't want
to pick up shit!

Honey...

Come to bed.

Hello, Frank. Hey, Frank.
Hello, Frank. Hey, Frank.

All right.
Look, we all know

what this is about, right?

So without
any bullshit,

Frank, what was happening

between you
and Don Rubello?

Simple. I...
I didn't take any money.

I don't take money.

Rubello said
if I changed my mind,

he'd hold my share...

Uh, give it back to me.

I didn't change my mind.

Conniving bastard.

All right.

Look, I'll handle Rubello.

I'll get back
the money he took.

But this ain't gonna
happen again.

From now on, no more
three bagmen.

Starting today,

every one of you fucks
makes his own collections.

No stops, no bread. Okay?

Okay.

You got it.

What about you, Frankie?

I'll make up what
Don took from you.

Why should I start now?

Everybody would
feel a lot better

about you, Frank.

You can give it to charity.

Look, Frankie,
what do you say

100 a month
just for expenses?

For my secretary
and my business lunches,

entertainment...

All right.

All right.

We split Frank's share
from now on.

You're a schmuck, Frank.

If they would take
all that energy, see,

put it into
straight police work,

we'd have the city
cleaned up in a week.

there'd be no crime.

If I could work alone...
that's the thing, see?

If I could just get--
Work alone.

But they
don't like that.

They want
to suck you in.

You go over
the same thing, Paco.

So fucking corrupt.
Everybody, everyone.

Nobody giving a shit!

There's
got to be a way

to wipe it out,
goddamn it.

Let's get out of here.
Let's go to a movie.

Quit handling me!
What are you doing?

How can I go
to a movie?

You know they'd kill me
if they knew?

You think that
hasn't happened?

Either you're exploding,

or you're lying around
like a catatonic!

I can't stand it, Paco.

You don't
give a shit, right?

All I care about
is you!

That's all that
matters to me.

That's why
it hurts so much.

I can't stand
to see you like this--

scared, miserable,
dreading to go to work.

It's tearing me apart!

And then I get sick
of hearing about it,

and I start
hating myself.

You didn't like
my being a cop,

so don't give me
that shit.

I love you, Paco!

I want to marry you!

I want to have
children with you!

Goddamn it!
I hate it!

Then why don't you
get out?

Why don't you?

It's crossed my mind.

Well, do it.

( sobbing )

What do you got?

Would you bust whitey?

Try me. Try me.

This guy's heavy.
He's Italian.

Mobbed up.

Still interested?

Stop fucking around.

I'm not in the mood.
Come on.

He's a loan shark,

runs a big
numbers operation.

This mother's
so cocksure,

he picks up
his own slips

while he's
collecting his loans.

Where's the drop?

Hold it!

I'm a police officer.

And...

wait a minute.

You're under arrest.

Hell, I thought you were
some fucking junkie.

I'll take that wad
in your pocket.

You're a riot, kid.

I know. I'm a joke.

What do you got?
What's that?

Put that away, or you're
in more trouble.

Give me
your car keys.

Ha ha ha!

Where they been
hiding you, kid?

Wouldn't you
like to know?

Hold this guy
for booking.

Get a rap sheet on him.
I'll search his car.

Where's Corsaro?

Smith took him
upstairs.

I swear to God,

I thought this guy was
some fucking junkie.

( laughs )

Rudy, you should see
some of the--

(whistling)

Hey, you.

Hey who?

You.

Get over here and
empty your pockets.

I don't do that.

You're my prisoner.
You do what I say.

He's going to get nasty
about it.

You're
fucking right!

KEOUGH:
Frank, cool it, huh?

Lean, motherfuck!
Spread 'em!

Frank. Hey, Frank,
Rudy's on. he's good people.

Stay the fuck
out of this!

Fuck!

What's this?
What's this?

Get in! Get in!

Serpico.

Got that record check
on Corsaro.

Want to read something?

It's about
your pal Corsaro.

Here. Read it.

Read it!

He did 15 years.
You know what for?

For killing a cop.

He's a fucking
cop-killer.

Hood to see you again,
Frank.

That's it.
I've had it.

I can't take it anymore.

I got to get out.

If I have to go back
to uniform, I'm going back.

I can't wait
for Delaney to call.

I can't play their game anymore.
I'm in the middle.

The Commissioner didn't
get in touch with you?

Not a word. No investigation!
No undercover work!

I had no idea,
Frank.

Captain, it's only
fair to tell you,

I've been to
outside agencies.

I'll go to more
if I have to.

What outside agencies?

Holy mother of God!

We wash our own
laundry around here!

You could be
brought up on charges!

We do not wash
our own laundry!

It just
gets dirtier!

You are in trouble,
Serpico!

I don't care
if I'm in trouble.

If I have to go to
outside agencies--

Stay away
from outside agencies!

Where am I
going to go?

Wait until you hear from me.
Where am I going to go?

I've waited
1 1/2 years.

I'll get back
to you, Frank.

That's not enough!
Where will I go?

It's my life,
you fuck!

Serpico,
see Inspector Palmer.

PALMER:
For this precinct, cases reported--

Murder--
14 for August,

20 for September,

23--
Serpico!

Inspector Palmer?

Deputy Chief
Inspector Daley

and Inspector Gilbert
are waiting to see you.

You want to come
to my office?

Captain McClain
called me.

I briefed Inspector Daley
and Inspector Gilbert

on your allegations.

Now the obvious
question is this--

In all these months,

why didn't you
come to us?

Well...

Uh...

I never met these
gentlemen before, sir,

and, uh, you told...

I think you-- you...
You told Captain McClain

that the Division was as clean
as a hound's tooth.

You think you're
the only honest cop

on the Force, Serpico?

My record's clear.

Inspector Gilbert's
just come

from the Commissioner's

confidential
investigation unit.

Then you must have
heard something.

I mean...

I don't understand.

Commissioner Delaney
has known about this

from the beginning.

I didn't
hear a thing,

but I understand
your frustration, Frank,

believe me.

I mean, it's sort of like
trying to punch your way

out of a paper bag, right?

What outside agencies
have you been to, Frank?

I don't see how that's pertinent
to my allegations.

I think we ought
to ask Serpico directly

if he's going
to cooperate or not.

We've got to know

if there's any real basis
for an investigation.

Well, I...

I'll have to think that...

I'll have to
think about that.

What is there
to think about?

I don't see
how the Division

can investigate
itself, sir.

You've got a point there.

But you would cooperate

with an impartial
investigation, right?

Yeah.
Up to a point.

As long as
I'm not involved.

I just want to
go someplace

where I can
do my job.

That's fair enough.

We'll be
in touch.

Inspector Palmer?

May I see you a minute?

Was it necessary

to let everyone
in the station house

know I was coming in
to see these guys?

You believe from
what you now know

that a full-scale
investigation is warranted?

Yes, Commissioner Delaney.

Go to it.

But, sir...

Shouldn't
headquarters handle

something like this?

No. You're all
experienced men.

Chief Gallagher here

will be available
for consultation.

Commissioner, uh...

Serpico claims that

Inspector McClain
talked to you

about this whole thing
some time ago.

Yes. I seem to remember
something about that.

We can't set up
a surveillance

on "somewhere over
by Crotona park."

We need a location!

I've given you 36 locations
that are paying off.

Now, what do you want--

The whole thing signed,
sealed, delivered?

You're conducting
this investigation, not me.

Lieutenant Smith--
Let's get back to him.

Lieutenant Smith.

Lieutenant Smith
said to me

if I didn't
want the money

that he would stash it
in his attic.

I'll have him transferred
in the morning.

Fuck him. How about
transferring me?

Serpico.

I hear you been
vouchering pad money

over to a confidential
investigation squad.

Oh, yeah?

How can I voucher money
when I don't take any?

You won't find anything
on Serpico.

He's clean.

Right?

Hmm?

You practicing
your frisk?

No.

I'm looking to buy

a used
tape recorder.

Wear a wire? They're
feeling me up every day.

How can I wear a wire?

Come on, Frank.

Look, wearing a wire
means testifying

to corroborate the tape,
right? Right.

I'm not testifying.

I got to put a dime
in the parking meter.

Ragland, put a dime

in the parking meter
for Serpico.

Hey, Frank.

Frank, you know
Herman Tauber,

District Attorney?

Yeah.
I watch television.

Frank, I want to
compliment you

for coming forward
like this.

It's-- It's unique.

It's uniquely
unique.

You should be proud
of yourself.

There's going to be
a grand jury

on these shitheels,

with Frank Serpico
as my star witness.

Mr. Tauber,

you and everybody in this
room can go to hell'cause

I'm not testifying.

Wait just a second,
Frank.

You have nothing
to fear.

You're not going
to be singled out.

I'm not afraid.
I don't care who knows,

but this investigation
is bullshit.

Do you mind
if I say something?

You're not going after
corruption in the department,

the Division,
the Bronx.

A few flunky cops
thrown to the wolves

to protect Delaney
and those guys

who've known about
this for years

and won't do
a fucking thing.

That's why
I won't testify.

Hey, what's this?

Exactly what it says.

I'm splitting.

I never read
anything so stupid.

"I'm leaving.

if you want to discuss it,
I'll be at Felix's."

I didn't feel
like another scene.

I figured you couldn't
shout in here.

( shouting )
I can shout anywhere!

I won't shout.

Sit down. Sit down.

Sit down.

It's just going
to go on and on, Paco.

It isn't going
to get any better.

And if you quit,
somehow I'll be blamed.

How could you leave
the man you love,

future father
of your kids?

You never said anything
like that to me before.

And if I come back,
you won't say it again.

You want to be free
and unattached

to go on fighting
for your cause

and keep torturing
yourself.

My cause.

Oh, Paco.
I felt so safe with you...

So loving.

Stay with me, Laurie.

Come on. Stay with me. No. No.
Come on. Stay with me. No. No.

What do I owe you
for that, hmm?

Here.

Here's $2.00.

Laurie!

What are you doing?

Do you want to walk away,
or should I?

I'm not going to
walk away.

It's finished!

Who do you
think you are,

pulling that "no testifying"
bullshit?

Chief Green,
I know your reputation.

Look, maybe if you
were borough commander

when this thing started,

run this
investigation yourself,

I'd feel different
about testifying.

The truth is, you're
coming in after the fact.

You're like a quiff who says
she won't, then maybe she will.

I'm like a quiff.

Who's been fucked over
for 1 1/2 years

by guys like Kellogg,
McClain, Delaney--

I'm not Kellogg,
McClain, or Delaney!

Frank, it won't be
just flunky cops.

This is only
the beginning.

This could be
the biggest thing

since the Harry Gross
case.

SERPICO:
And meanwhile, where am I?

I'm out there alone.

I'm totally isolated
in the department.

I don't have a friend.
Don't give me that.

I've been putting cops
away for 30 years!

My name's an obscenity
on every shit-house wall

in every precinct. I've observed that, sir.
in every precinct. I've observed that, sir.

Friends. I fought my way up
as a jew in the department

in the days
you were supposed to have

an uncircumcised shamrock
between your legs.

I have this nightmare--

I'm watching
the Saint Patrick's Day parade,

and I have a coronary,

and 9,000 cops march happily
over my body.

I haven't got a friend
on the force, either.

I'll be your friend, Chief. I'm not looking for any.
I'll be your friend, Chief. I'm not looking for any.

I'll make an exception
in your case.

Frank, stop being
a prima donna.

just cut out
the shticklech.

How am I being
a prima donna?

I want to
protect myself.

Frank.

we're going to get
the indictments.

You're going to
have to testify.

Ready on the right.
Ready on the left.

Ready on the firing line.

( buzzer )

( buzzer )

( spent shells clatter )

What are you going to tell
the grand jury, Frankie?

Depends on
what they ask me.

Suppose they ask you
who's taking money?

What I don't know,
I don't know.

But you do know,
Frank.

Look, Frankie,
I like you.

I don't want to see
anything happen to you.

But you got
to understand,

a lot of people
could get hurt here.

I'm not saying it will happen.
I'm saying it could happen.

Nobody has to
take a shot at you.

They can just not be there
when you need them.

Somebody come at you with a gun,
they look the other way.

Or they can send you
in first enough times

until one day you're going
to walk in the wrong door.

Thanks for
the information.

Fuck you, Frank!

I have nothing more.

Does anyone have any
further questions?

Yes, Mrs. Crist?

If I may, Mr. Knowles,
thank you.

Officer Serpico came
to the 7th Division

more than
1 1/2 years ago.

All during that time,

the things he's told us
were taking place.

Why didn't officer Serpico

report these criminal
activities long before

when he first
encountered them?

I'd like to
answer that.

Mr. chairman,
Mrs. Crist's question

I don't believe
is material or relevant

to the present inquiry.

I'd like to answer
that question.

Officer Serpico
cannot be considered

derelict of his duty
in any way

or guilty of any
infraction of the law.

Quite the contrary.

The District Attorney
is not prepared

to say any more
at this time.

Very well, Mr. Tauber.
I'd like to answer--

Officer Serpico,
thank you for your testimony.

This hearing is adjourned
until 10:00 tomorrow morning.

Why didn't you tell him
about Delaney and Kellogg?

This was a grand jury
about police officers

actively engaged
in corruption.

You don't implicate people
without sufficient evidence.

That's crap,
and you know it.

Even a dumb cop
like me knows

a prosecutor can take
a grand jury anywhere it wants.

You never led me anywhere near
the real problems--

Nothing about
the bosses, the brass,

how corruption
like this could exist

without anybody
knowing about it.

A few flunky cops
in the Bronx. That's it.

None of the shit in Queens,
Brooklyn, Manhattan?

Why don't you
mention Kansas City?

"The biggest thing
since Harry Gross."

That's what
you said.

All right!
look, Frank...

You got guts,
integrity.

There'll be
a detective's gold shield

in this for you.

Now, that's terrific.
That's good.

Maybe this is
what it's all about.

Maybe I should take
my gold shield and forget it.

I know you've been
through an ordeal, Frank.

I'm a marked man in this
department. For What?

I've already arranged
a transfer for you.

To Where? China?

That takes
a 14-shot clip.

You expecting an army?

No. Just a Division.

Tauber, did you know
I've had reports

about Serpico
being a fag?

He used to hang out
in the BCI washroom.

That's stupid, Commissioner,
and you know it.

A gold shield for
Serpico at this time

would convince an awful lot
of people--

Not while
I'm Commissioner.

Commander's office?

It's down
that corridor.

Hey, Serpico.

Do you know what
they're saying in the Bronx?

That you spilled your guts
to the grand jury.

Say it isn't so,
Serpico.

It isn't so.

We know how to handle
guys like you.

I ought to
cut your tongue out.

Hey, Serpico!
What the hell are you--

Don't move.

( creak )

( knock on door )

Officer Serpico
reporting for duty, sir.

I'm Inspector Lombardo. I want
to shake your hand, Frank.

It's going to be nice to have
a guy here I can trust.

Anybody in this command
you want to work with?

Well, it's not who I
want to work with.

It's who wants to
work with me.

You can't find anybody
you want to work with, Frank,

I'll work with you.

Is that all right?

Yeah.

SERPICO:
How do we get past the lookouts?

How many you got?

One.

There's two...
There's three of them.

Four buildings away,
we could try

to get down the fire escape,
get in behind him.

Look good to you?
Yeah, let's go.

What do you think?

Want to try it?
Yeah.

Uhh!

Uhh!

You all right?

Yeah. I feel just
like a cop again.

Thank you.

( rattling )

Close up!

Frank, come on!

Come on!

MAN:
Hey!

MAN:
I ain't got nothing! I ain't got nothing!

Get going!
Get out of here!

Get out of here!
Up against the wall.

What the hell's going on?
Who the hell are you?

Police! Who you think we are?

Get the fuck
against the wall.

Let me see your shield. You want to see a shield?
Let me see your shield. You want to see a shield?

There's my shield.

Where are you from?

The Borough.
Manhattan 8th.

No. I just paid The Borough
this morning!

Hey, Frank.

What kind of
shakedown is this?

Who did you pay
in The Borough?

Nobody.

I didn't pay nobody.

Who did you pay
in The Borough?

I didn't pay nobody.
Now let go of me.

LOMBARDO:
We-- We followed up,

and, uh... there's
no doubt about it.

The pad here
in Manhattan is bigger,

and it's
more sophisticated

than the one
in the Bronx.

The pickups here
are made--

You want to get this--
The pickups are made by...

retired policemen.

That way, no plainclothesmen
are directly involved.

We need investigative help
on this one, Chief.

Well, Inspector, if you need
investigative help

and you don't trust
your own men,

why don't you requisition
some recruits

from the police academy?

with all
due respect, sir,

backing us up
is the only hope

the police department
has got.

A lot of good cops
would come forward

if they thought there
was any encouragement

and if they thought
it would do any good.

If there's no encouragement,
they won't.

I've done a lot more
than most people

to defend and preserve
the image of this department

and protect
Commissioner Delaney

against reckless
and irresponsible assaults

from outside agencies.

That's it, huh?

I mean, that's what's
really important, isn't it?

That's what
you want to know--

What outside agencies
I've been to, right?

( telephone rings )

BLAIR: Hello. Hello, prick.
BLAIR: Hello. Hello, prick.

Who is this?
Frank.

How are you?
Where are you?

I'm ready to go
to the Times.

It's a goddamn
serious step, Frank.

I don't know if
the timing is right.

Look, I want it to
get on the record. That's all.

In case something
should happen to me.

I want it
on the record.

I don't know if we
carry enough weight.

I don't know if
The New York Times

will go that far
out on a limb

on the say-so
of two flunky cops.

Suppose an Inspector
were to come with us?

LOMBARDO:
I got 20 years on the force.

Just bought
this place

and signed a 500-year
mortgage on it.

( laughter on television )

Will you turn that thing off
out there?

Come on. Everybody to bed.
Aw, mom!

Turn that
damn thing down!

Go on upstairs.

You said we could go
to bed late!

This is against
department regulations.

You both know that.

If they want to throw
the book at me, they can do it.

If I left the force...

I don't know
What I could do.

Okay, I made my little speech.
I'll back you up 100%.

Times and the news.
I got the money, fellas.

Here you go,
here you go, here you go.

MAN:
Newsweek, please.

Holy...
Holy shit! Jeez!

Whoo! Whoo!

Aw, Christ!

BLAIR:
You could almost predict the numbers they're going to do.

Delaney's going to issue
some phony denial.

Somebody from the Mayor's
office will say something noble.

Delaney will
change his tune.

Then finally, the Mayor
will appoint a commission.

"Mayor lindsay announced
the formation

"of a special five-man committee
to review the city procedures

"for investigating
police corruption."

How come I'm not
in the first paragraph?

Unbelievable!

Ya-hoo! Ya-hoo!
Ya-hoo! Ya-hoo!

The Times' report smells
of the familiar smear tactics

of McCarthyism.

I have issued
a statement...

We here at city hall...

The Mayor appointed a special
investigation commission

to be headed by Whitman Knapp.
Yeah, come.

It's your reward, Frank.
It's a transfer to narcotics,

Brooklyn South.

You're still
in clothes.

You get a tin shield.
You don't get a gold one.

I miss you already, Frank.

Look...

Frank...

It's narcotics.

You be careful.

It's very easy to,
uh... get hurt...

and to, uh...

To be set up.

( gunshots )

( indistinct police radio
transmission )

Serpico! Get in.

You're not wired,
are you?

Okay, you cocksucker.

You might get by in the Bronx
with that kind of shit,

but down here, 800 a month
is chicken feed.

Last week,
one dope dealer

sent out these guys
making pickups.

40,000 each.

We let them collect it all
and then hit them.

120,000 split four ways.

That's serious money.

And with that,
you don't fuck around.

I got the message.

Good. Now get the fuck out.

The guy's name is Limbo.
He just uses this place,

his girlfriend's
brother's place.

He's a pusher--
Heroin.

We're going to drive
around to the corner.

Right.
You keep in sight out front.

When you spot
somebody who's dirty,

take off your glasses
and wipe them.

Right?
Right. Okay.

We stay around here very long,
we're going to get spotted.

Frank, why don't you
go check it out?

Why don't you?
I got the wrong clothes.

I'll take you
shopping.

Uh-huh.

( dogs barking )

( knock on door )

MAN:
Limbo...

LIMBO:
¿Que cosa?

MAN:
Quiero algo.

( speaking Spanish )

Police. Freeze!

Police Officer.
Up against the wall.

Get your hands up
against the wall.

Get up. All right.

Palms up on the wall
and spread 'em.

Get 'em up! Get those hands up!
Come on. Feet apart.

I saw the buy. Let's get limbo. Julio!
I saw the buy. Let's get limbo. Julio!

You all right?
Yeah. I got them.

LIMBO:
¿Quien es?

Mira, Limbo. dame algo.

LIMBO:
¿Que quiere?

Dame algo.

LIMBO:
Un momentico.

( door locks opening )

Police officer!

( Limbo shouting
in Spanish )

LIMBO:
¡La policia!

¡La policia!
¡Dame la pistola!

What the fuck
are you waiting for?

LIMBO:
¡Corre por el fire escape!

( shouting in Spanish )
( dog barking )

( woman screaming )

( Serpico mumbling )

Police! Throw out
your guns

and come out
with your hands up!

( banging on door )

( indistinct
intercom announcement )

Wait a minute.
What do you got here?

It's Mr. and Mrs.
Serpico, sir.

Okay, go ahead.

Yes?

(speaking italian) Where's our son?
(speaking italian) Where's our son?

They're bringing him
down from X-Ray.

We want
to see him.

Just a few minutes.

Mr. and Mrs. Serpico,

the news is better
than we expected.

( Mr. Serpico
translating )

Thank God the bullet
was a small caliber.

It didn't
enter the brain

or strike
the spinal cord.

He's on
the critical list,

but his condition
seems to be stable.

Thank you, Doctor.
Thank you.

Stay out of there.
Didn't they tell you?

What?

The word is,
don't talk to him.

He's no fucking good.

How you doing, kid? Hello, Sid.
How you doing, kid? Hello, Sid.

How are you?

Want to read
my fan mail?

Sure.

You're a big shot
now, huh?

Sid--

I want you to get
those fucking cops

away from my door.

The knapp commission
likes you.

They want you
to appear.

Naturally.

Frank, Heinemann
and Julio are cleared.

You're all up for
exceptional merit awards.

That's very funny.

That's very funny.

Francisco,
you love me?

I always had
a thing for you, Sid.

Your gold shield's
come through.

What's this for?

For being an honest cop?

Hmm?

Or for being stupid enough
to get shot in the face?

You tell them
they can shove it.

I don't want it.

Oh, well.

Well, Frank,
the facts are these.

You'll have to stay
on leave of absence

for a few months.
in all probability,

the hearing in your
left ear won't come back.

Two bullet fragments are
lodged in the bony portion,

One very close
to the carotid artery.

DOCTOR:
You'll have to be checked from time to time.

DOCTOR:
Your left side will feel stiff occasionally.

DOCTOR:
Once in a great while,

DOCTOR:
you may experience some dizziness,

DOCTOR:
but in general, you'll be okay.

Through my appearance
here today,

I hope that police officers
in the future

will not experience the same
frustration and anxiety

that I was subjected to
for the past five years

at the hands
of my superiors

because of my attempt
to report corruption.

I was made to feel
that I had burdened them

with an unwanted task.

The problem

is that the atmosphere
does not yet exist

in which an honest
police officer can act

without fear
of ridicule or reprisal

from fellow officers.

Police corruption
cannot exist

unless it is
at least tolerated

at higher levels
in the department.

Therefore,
the most important result

that can come
from these hearings

is a conviction
by police officers

that the Department
will change.

In order to ensure this,

an independent, permanent
investigative body

dealing with
police corruption,

like this commission,
is essential.

( applause )