"initial release of ""Prince of the City"" garnered both positive and negative reviews, some the latter complaining of what was considered its excessive length or comparing Treat Williams performance unfavorably with that of Al Pacino in Lumet's previous film about police corruption, ""Serpico"". , ""Prince of the City"" holds a 91% approval rating on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on 23 reviews with an average rating of 7.4/10. Roger Ebert of the ""Chicago Sun-Times"" called it ""a very good movie and, like some of its characters, it wants to break your heart. Maybe it will."" Janet Maslin of the"
"Cops and Robbers (1973 film) Cops and Robbers is a 1973 crime comedy film directed by Aram Avakian with an original screenplay by Donald E. Westlake which Westlake subsequently expanded into a novel. The film stars Cliff Gorman as Tom and Joseph Bologna as Joe. Tom and Joe are disillusioned New York City cops who decide to pull off one big robbery in their uniforms and retire on the proceeds. Bearer bonds are what the local Mafia boss will buy, so that's what they go for. Central Park is the location for the switch. Can they come out of it"
"the '50s, with also rock music from the '90s. True Romance True Romance is a 1993 American romantic crime film directed by Tony Scott and written by Quentin Tarantino. The film stars Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette with an ensemble cast including James Gandolfini, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, and Christopher Walken. At a Detroit theater showing kung fu films, Alabama Whitman strikes up a conversation with Elvis Presley fanatic Clarence Worley. They later have sex at Clarence's apartment in downtown Detroit. Alabama tearfully confesses that she is a call girl hired by Clarence's boss as a"
"Scarecrow (1973 film) Scarecrow is a 1973 U.S. road movie directed by Jerry Schatzberg, and starring Gene Hackman and Al Pacino. The story revolves around the relationship between two men who travel from California, aiming to start a business in Pittsburgh. At the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, it tied for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film, the highest honor. While a box office bomb in its own country, it later gained cult status. Two vagabonds, Max Millan, a short-tempered ex-convict, and Francis Lionel Delbuchi, a childlike ex-sailor, meet on the road in California and agree to become partners"
"- directs in admirably forthright, muscular fashion, making superb use of Burnett Guffey's gritty monochrome camerawork."" The Undercover Man The Undercover Man is a 1949 American crime drama film noir directed by Joseph H. Lewis and starring Glenn Ford, Nina Foch, and James Whitmore. Frank Warren is a treasury agent assigned to put an end to the activities of a powerful mob crime boss. The agent struggles to put together a case but is frustrated when all he finds are terrified witnesses and corrupt police officers. Although most informants end up dead, Agent Warren gets critical information about the mob"
"a street in New York City renamed after Patrolman Cardillo. Jurgensen began working as a technical consultant in the film industry, while a detective for the NYPD. His notable films include ""The French Connection"" and ""Donnie Brasco"". In the early 1960s, Jurgensen and his partner performed undercover work to investigate homosexual murders in New York City. Homosexuals were being targeted by two perpetrators who would pose as police officers. His work was inspiration for the film ""Cruising"", and Al Pacino played his character. Acting Randy Jurgensen Randy Jurgensen is a former NYPD detective, best known as the lead investigator into"
"True Romance True Romance is a 1993 American romantic crime film directed by Tony Scott and written by Quentin Tarantino. The film stars Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette with an ensemble cast including James Gandolfini, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, and Christopher Walken. At a Detroit theater showing kung fu films, Alabama Whitman strikes up a conversation with Elvis Presley fanatic Clarence Worley. They later have sex at Clarence's apartment in downtown Detroit. Alabama tearfully confesses that she is a call girl hired by Clarence's boss as a birthday present but has fallen in love with Clarence."
"enforcer Joseph Lombardo, of conspiring to bribe Howard Cannon, the Democratic Senator from Nevada. Three days before his sentencing, scheduled for January 23, 1983, Allen Dorfman was murdered outside the Lincolnwood Hyatt parking lot in Lincolnwood, Illinois. Described as a gangland-style execution, the murder was presumably intended to keep him from cooperating with authorities to avoid a possible 55-year prison sentence. He was with longtime friend Irwin Weiner, a known associate of many Chicago mob figures. Weiner was not injured in the incident. Alan King portrayed a character named Andy Stone in the Martin Scorsese film ""Casino"". That character was"
"of fun to watch them dance around on tiptoe instead of creating real characters, but one can't help wondering what the whole enterprise would have been like with a director who knew how to make them play against the material a little."" Undercover Blues Undercover Blues is a 1993 comedy film about a family of secret agents written by Ian Abrams and directed by Herbert Ross and starring Kathleen Turner and Dennis Quaid. Turner and Quaid play Jane and Jefferson Blue, a wise-cracking couple of spies for an unnamed U.S. covert organization on maternity leave in New Orleans with their"
"The Undercover Man The Undercover Man is a 1949 American crime drama film noir directed by Joseph H. Lewis and starring Glenn Ford, Nina Foch, and James Whitmore. Frank Warren is a treasury agent assigned to put an end to the activities of a powerful mob crime boss. The agent struggles to put together a case but is frustrated when all he finds are terrified witnesses and corrupt police officers. Although most informants end up dead, Agent Warren gets critical information about the mob from an unlikely source. The film was based on an article entitled ""He Trapped Capone,"" the"
"Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia (Hodder & Stoughton. ) is a 1988 autobiographical crime book written by Joseph D. Pistone (assisted by Richard Woodley) about his story as an FBI agent going undercover and infiltrating the Mafia. In 1997, the book was made into a feature film titled ""Donnie Brasco"", starring Johnny Depp and Al Pacino. Louis DiGiaimo, a casting director who worked on ""The Godfather"" and a childhood friend of Pistone, consulted on the book and film. The book was re-released in a second edition the same year"
"for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, along with similar recognition from the Golden Globes, BAFTAs and others. The film itself received positive reviews with critics praising the performances, and received three nominations at the 75th Golden Globe Awards, including Best Director and Best Actress – Drama for Williams. In 1973, 16-year-old John Paul Getty III (Charlie Plummer) (AKA Paul), grandson of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty (Christopher Plummer) who was at that time the world's richest private citizen, is kidnapped in Rome by an organized crime ring. The kidnappers demand a ransom of $17 million. Flashbacks show that"
"Scorpio (film) Scorpio is a 1973 American spy film directed by Michael Winner and starring Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon and Paul Scofield. Cross (Burt Lancaster) is an experienced but retiring Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agent and assassin who is training free-lance hit-man Jean Laurier (Alain Delon) (alias ""Scorpio"") to replace him. Cross is teaching him as much about protecting himself from his patrons and never trusting anyone as how to get away clean. The CIA tells Scorpio to kill Cross for suspected treason and collaboration with the Russians. Scorpio is threatened with jail on a false narcotics charge if he"
"Gotti. In Donnie Brasco (1997), Pacino starred alongside Johnny Depp in the true story of undercover FBI agent Joseph Pistone and his infiltration of the Bonanno crime family of New York City during the 1970s. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. The 2000s continued to produce box office mob films cast with high-profile actors. ""Road to Perdition"", a 2002 American crime film directed by Sam Mendes and based on the graphic novel of the same name by Max Allan Collins, boasted an ensemble cast of Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law, and Daniel Craig. The"
"people recognized him. Pistone continues to be active as an author and consultant to worldwide law enforcement agencies, including Scotland Yard, and has been called to testify before the United States Senate as an expert on organized crime. In September 2012, Pistone testified in Montreal, Quebec at the Charbonneau Commission public inquiry into corruption, as an expert witness. Pistone detailed his undercover experience in his 1988 book """". The book was the basis for the critically acclaimed 1997 film ""Donnie Brasco"", starring Johnny Depp as Pistone and Al Pacino as ""Lefty"" Ruggiero, and for the short-lived 2000 TV series ""Falcone"","
"on March 3, 1973. It was distributed by P.A.C. in Italy. Pete, Pearl & the Pole Pete, Pearl & the Pole (, lit. ""A clean sweep""), also known as 1931: Once Upon a Time in New York, is a 1973 Italian-American gangster film directed by Luigi Vanzi (credited as Vance Lewis) and starring Tony Anthony. The film was shot mainly on location with predominantly American funding. The film originated as a story written by actor Tony Anthony, who director Luigi Vanzi had previously shot ""The Stranger"" series of Spaghetti Westerns (""A Stranger in Town"", ""The Stranger Returns"", and ""The Silent"
"racial profiling. Cop Land Cop Land is a 1997 American crime drama film written and directed by James Mangold, and starring Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, and Robert De Niro. The supporting cast features Peter Berg, Janeane Garofalo, Robert Patrick, Michael Rapaport, Annabella Sciorra, Cathy Moriarty, Arthur Nascarella, and John Spencer. The story follows a sheriff (Stallone) in a small New Jersey town inhabited and dominated by corrupt New York City cops. Their corruption grows until he can no longer allow himself to stand by and do nothing. The town of Garrison, New Jersey is home to several NYPD"
"Cop Land Cop Land is a 1997 American crime drama film written and directed by James Mangold, and starring Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, and Robert De Niro. The supporting cast features Peter Berg, Janeane Garofalo, Robert Patrick, Michael Rapaport, Annabella Sciorra, Cathy Moriarty, Arthur Nascarella, and John Spencer. The story follows a sheriff (Stallone) in a small New Jersey town inhabited and dominated by corrupt New York City cops. Their corruption grows until he can no longer allow himself to stand by and do nothing. The town of Garrison, New Jersey is home to several NYPD officers, led"
"Donnie Brasco (film) Donnie Brasco is a 1997 American crime drama film directed by Mike Newell, and starring Al Pacino and Johnny Depp. Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby, James Russo, and Anne Heche appeared in supporting roles. The film is loosely based on the true story of Joseph D. Pistone (Depp), an FBI undercover agent who infiltrated the Mafia Bonanno crime family in New York City during the 1970s, under the alias Donnie Brasco, a.k.a. ""The Jewel Man"". Brasco maneuvers his way into the confidence of an aging hit-man, Lefty Ruggiero (Pacino), who vouches for him. As Donnie moves deeper into"
"Scarface (1983 film) Scarface is a 1983 American crime film directed by Brian De Palma and written by Oliver Stone, a remake of the 1932 film of the same name. The film tells the story of Cuban refugee Tony Montana (Al Pacino) who arrives in 1980s Miami with nothing and rises to become a powerful drug kingpin. The cast also features Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Robert Loggia, F. Murray Abraham and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. ""Scarface"" was released on December 9, 1983 and grossed $44 million at the domestic box office. Initial critical reception was negative, with criticism over excessive violence"
"extortion, coercion, the falsification of business records, larceny and bribery. The crew also became involved in loan sharking, drug trafficking and the selling of stolen firearms. Robert Perrino was the son-in-law of Bonanno crime family underboss and former consigliere Nicholas Marangello. He was born to American born parents of Italian immigrants from Gallo Matese, Italy, and not to be mistaken as a relative of Anthony Peraino. Perrino was a former New York Police Department (NYPD) law enforcement officer policing the Little Italy, Manhattan neighborhood during an unremarkable twenty-year career. His retirement from the NYPD and introduction to his subsequent career"
"and computer worker Lion reuniting, and Lion learning his son is alive. The film sequel was made difficult, if not impossible, by the studio's lack of support and Hackman's retirement from acting. Scarecrow (1973 film) Scarecrow is a 1973 U.S. road movie directed by Jerry Schatzberg, and starring Gene Hackman and Al Pacino. The story revolves around the relationship between two men who travel from California, aiming to start a business in Pittsburgh. At the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, it tied for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film, the highest honor. While a box office bomb in its"
"where he slowly discovers a hidden world of corruption and graft among his own colleagues. 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. His struggle leads to infighting within the police force, problems in his personal relationships, and his life being threatened. 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 1970 and 1972. After receiving a New York"
"Apart from telling their own Tales of African American gangsters in syndicates, films like Black Caesar feature the Italian mafia prominently. Often the blaxploitation stories of the seventies tell the tale of African American gangsters rising up and defeating the established white criminal order. Brian De Palma's 1983 remake of ""Scarface"" stars Al Pacino as Tony Montana, a Cuban exile and ambitious newcomer to Miami who sees an opportunity to build his own drug empire. Abel Ferrara's 1990 ""King of New York"" tells the story of Frank White, (Christopher Walken) and his return to New York City from prison. He"
"No Place to Hide (1973 film) No Place to Hide, also known as Rebel, is a 1973 American film starring Sylvester Stallone. The film is about New York in the late 1960s; a politically motivated group of students plans bombings of company offices who do business with dictators in Central American countries. But when they contact a known terrorist and bombing specialist, the FBI gets on their track. The film was re-cut and re-released as Rebel with greater emphasis on Stallone's character after he rose to fame. In 1990, the film was again re-edited, this time as a comedy, and"
"Steelyard Blues Steelyard Blues is a 1973 American comedy crime film directed by Alan Myerson and starring Donald Sutherland, Jane Fonda and Peter Boyle. It concerns the lives of a group of misfits trying to find a happier life against the norms of society. Sutherland plays an ex-con with a passion for demolition derbies. He has wrecked almost every possible car, but violates his parole when confronted by a 1950 Studebaker. This embarrasses his brother, a politically ambitious district attorney (Howard Hesseman, in an unlikely respectable role). Fonda plays a prostitute with an off-on relationship with Sutherland's character. The gang"
"Pete, Pearl & the Pole Pete, Pearl & the Pole (, lit. ""A clean sweep""), also known as 1931: Once Upon a Time in New York, is a 1973 Italian-American gangster film directed by Luigi Vanzi (credited as Vance Lewis) and starring Tony Anthony. The film was shot mainly on location with predominantly American funding. The film originated as a story written by actor Tony Anthony, who director Luigi Vanzi had previously shot ""The Stranger"" series of Spaghetti Westerns (""A Stranger in Town"", ""The Stranger Returns"", and ""The Silent Stranger"") with. This was Vanzi's last film. The film was released"
"as a Region 1 widescreen DVD. Scorpio (film) Scorpio is a 1973 American spy film directed by Michael Winner and starring Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon and Paul Scofield. Cross (Burt Lancaster) is an experienced but retiring Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agent and assassin who is training free-lance hit-man Jean Laurier (Alain Delon) (alias ""Scorpio"") to replace him. Cross is teaching him as much about protecting himself from his patrons and never trusting anyone as how to get away clean. The CIA tells Scorpio to kill Cross for suspected treason and collaboration with the Russians. Scorpio is threatened with jail on"
"(1973), a sequel to ""Dirty Harry"", about a group of rogue young officers (among them David Soul, Robert Urich and Tim Matheson) in the San Francisco Police Department who systematically exterminate the city's worst criminals. Although the film was a major success after release, grossing $58.1 million in the United States (a record for Eastwood), it was not a critical success. ""The New York Times"" critic Nora Sayre panned the often contradictory moral themes of the film, while the paper's Frank Rich called it ""the same old stuff"". In 1974, Eastwood teamed up with Jeff Bridges and George Kennedy in"
"a 'masterpiece'. Revolution (1985 film) Revolution is a 1985 British historical drama film directed by Hugh Hudson, written by Robert Dillon, and starring Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland and Nastassja Kinski. The film stars Pacino as a New York fur trapper who involuntarily gets enrolled in the Revolutionary forces during the American Revolutionary War. ""Revolution"" received a great deal of negative reviews upon release, and was a box office bomb; its release was delayed in Pacino's native New York City. Due to the disappointment, Pacino took a four-year hiatus from films until 1989's ""Sea of Love"". Fur trapper Tom Dobb unwillingly"
"it stars Dale Robertson and Richard Widmark. Plot: A detective cannot arrest a murderer he knows from his past due to his honor involving an outstanding financial debt to the criminal. Once a newspaper offers a reward, after being mocked by the criminal, the detective arrests the criminal and collects the reward to repay the debt. Directed by Jean Negulesco, from a screenplay by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts, it stars Anne Baxter, Jean Peters, and Gregory Ratoff. The story is set in Greenwich Village during a pneumonia epidemic. An old artist saves the life of a young artist, dying"
"about to let that happen. Mister Scarface Mister Scarface (originally l Padroni della città, also known as Rulers of the City) is a 1976 Italian ""poliziottesco"" film directed by Fernando Di Leo and starring Jack Palance. Tony (Harry Baer) is a mob loan collector who is unsatisfied with his position in life, and constantly dreams of living it rich in Brazil with his brother. To make some quick cash, Tony joins the forces of organized crime, making his way up the ladder. Together with Napoli, another mob enforcer, Tony hatches a plan to con mob boss Manzari (Palance) out of"
"A Bronx Tale A Bronx Tale is a 1993 American crime drama film, adapted from Chazz Palminteri's 1989 play of the same name. It tells the coming of age story of an Italian-American boy, Calogero Anello, who, after encountering a local Mafia boss, is torn between the temptations of organized crime and the values of his honest, hardworking father. The Broadway production was converted to film with limited changes, and starred Palminteri and Robert De Niro. De Niro, who first viewed the play in Los Angeles in 1990, acquired the rights from Palminteri, intent on making the play his directorial"