![]() ![]() ![]() Prior to any work on the film, producer Martin Bregman had lunch with Peter Maas to discuss a film adaptation of his biography of Frank Serpico. Allan Rich as District Attorney Herman Tauber.Biff McGuire as Captain Inspector McClain. ![]() After receiving a New York City Police Department Medal of Honor and a disability pension, Serpico resigns from the force and moves to Switzerland Finally, after being shot in the face during a drug bust on February 3, 1971, he testifies before the Knapp Commission, a government inquiry into NYPD police corruption between 19. His struggle leads to infighting within the police force, problems in his personal relationships, and his life being threatened. After witnessing cops commit violence, take payoffs, and other forms of police corruption, Serpico decides to expose what he has seen, but is harassed and threatened by his peers. He moves on to plainclothes assignments, where he slowly discovers a hidden world of corruption and graft among his own colleagues. Working as a uniformed patrolman, Frank Serpico excels at every assignment. ![]()
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