Serpico / a Paramount release ; Dino DeLaurentiis presents ; screenplay by Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler ; produced by Martin Bregman ; directed by Sidney Lumet.
Title from container. Based on the book by Peter Maas. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1973. Special features: Serpico: real to reel ; Inside Serpico ; Serpico: favorite moments ; photo gallery with commentary by director Sidney Lumet. Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe, Biff McGuire, Barbara Eda-Young, Cornelia Sharpe.
Summary:
Adaptation of the true story of a young New York police officer who refuses to extort money from criminals as the other officers do. His fellow police officers turn against him when he seeks to expose the situation during a grand jury investigation.
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