[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE]
[SIREN WAILING]
[WIPER BLADES WHIRRING]
COP: Car 2118. Call Greenpoint Hospital.
Tell them we're bringing in a wounded cop.
[PHONE RINGS]
Eighth Precinct. Yeah.
Jesus Christ.
Guess who got shot.
Serpico.
Think a cop did it?
I know six cops said they'd like to.
[RINGS]
Hello? MAN: Sidney?
Yeah. New York Times. Serpico's been shot.
Oh, my God. They're taking him to Greenpoint.
I'll see you there.
ORDERLY: Watch it.
[CHILD SCREAMS]
COMMISSIONER: 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,
perseverance and patience.
You men are now prepared to join the war against crime
and put the theory you have learned into practise on the streets.
The same time, the 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.
COP: Yes, sir. You two. Over there.
[SIRENS WAIL]
COMMISSIONER: Anthony Sardo.
[AUDIENCE CLAPPING]
Ralph Sidon.
Frank Serpico.
[CHATTERING]
Frankie!
Get closer.
Patrolman Serpico.
Upstairs. See the roll-call man.
Take a map. Memorise your posts and sectors.
This week, 8 to 4. Next week, 4 to midnight. Grab an empty locker.
Any questions, the older guys will fill you in. Good Luck.
[CHATTERING]
Yo. Eight o'clock.
Let's go. Come on, gather round, let's go.
All right, settle down.
All right, there's just a few announcements today and two new men.
Now, on the board at my left, you see Squad One, Blue Sector.
Squad Two, Red Sector. Squad Three, Green Sector.
Now, we want summonses, summonses, summonses.
CHARLIE: I'll help the boys, Florence.
This is Frank Serpico, Charlie.
Hello, Frank. Hello, Charlie.
How about some creamed chicken? Sounds good.
SERPICO: No, I think I'll have a...
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. Come on, take it easy. Sit down.
What's the matter? Don't be so fussy. It's free.
Well, I'm not fussy. I don't know how I'm gonna eat this.
Listen, 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 RADIO]: Sector D, David, 1034. Possible rape in progress.
Vicinity of P.S. 218, Grand Avenue and BQ Expressway.
Hey, Becker, aren't we gonna take that?
Oh, relax, Frank. It's not our sector.
It's on the borderline.
I'm gonna take it.
D Sector, 1547, 104.
WOMAN: Oh, my God.
Hold it. Hold it. Hold it.
Police officers. YOUTH: Oh, shit.
Don't shoot, now. Be cool.
All right. Okay, put your guns away.
Put your guns away, man.
Come on, goddamn it. I said, put them 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.
[GRUNTING]
[COCKS GUN]
The other one took his thing out.
He put it up to my mouth.
He held me down.
They said if I didn't do it...
they'd kill me.
MALONE: She's gonna make a hell of a witness.
Would you like a stretcher?
Muscles, he's all yours.
I'll call you from the hospital.
Ah! Ah.
Okay, hard-on. Who were your playmates?
Hey, Frank, you want a piece of this?
No, I wanna 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.
Yeah.
I wanna talk to you.
I wanna 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.
Goddamn shame you're gonna 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 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 gonna 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.
[CHATTERING]
You're not gonna send someone over?
Look, McCoy, I get one, I'm gonna lose the other.
Look, Serpico, that's Muscles' case. He's off for a couple of days.
I can't cut in. They're here now.
It'll k eep. No, it won't.
[CHATTERING]
Police officer. Hold it. Hold.
Turn around.
Ow!
Spread! 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.
Now, 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, kid?
You know, 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'd 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?
What you want me to do? Go across the street?
[CHATTERING]
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.
Yeah. 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.
Well, I thought you were coming over to the house Saturday night.
I'm sorry, Pasquale, I couldn't make it.
Margaret invited Marianne over. Marianne was very disappointed...
Oh, now, that's... Now, look.
I don't like that. Really, don't invite people over
if you're not sure I'm gonna come.
I mean it, now. If I wanna see Marianne, I'll call her.
What's going on with you two anyway?
Hey, Pasquale, I'm gonna 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.
Come here.
How you doing on the job?
It's got its problems.
Mama tells me you're looking for a new apartment. Is that true?
Yeah. So where you going?
I don't know. I'm looking around by school.
N.Y.U.? Greenwich Village?
Yeah, Greenwich Village.
What's the matter? The old neighbourhood's not good enough?
Tell Pop I was here.
Yeah. Frankie, Sunday?
Sunday what?
Dinner.
Do me one favour. 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 for those patrolmen
who wish to make themselves eligible for assignment
to the Bureau of Criminal Identification, B.C.I.,
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 gonna say that.
BARTO: Know how long you're taking on that one?
Check one print category, two, that's plenty.
I'm not gonna give a guy a "no record" when he might have a record.
How long you been with the B.C.I. 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.
B.C.I. Never had a weirdo cop before.
Barto, stop bugging me.
SERPICO: Mama.
[SPEAKS ITALIAN]
Frankie.
[SPEAKING ITALIAN]
Mama.
[SINGING IN ITALIAN]
[HUMMING]
WOMAN: Hey.
Wanna buy a puppy?
How about 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?
Five dollars.
You got it.
Okay, now, which one of you guys wanna come with me?
[WHINES] What?
Come on.
Listen, will you do me a favour? What?
Just watch the car and my stuff over here because I'm moving in.
Yeah. Thank you.
Don Quixote.
[SPEAKS SPANISH]
Señorita Land?
[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]
Mr. Serpico.
I got my horse here. Maybe I can drop you someplace.
I'm going to work at the Caffe Reggio.
Oh, Caffe Reggio.
That's Fourth Street and S...
MacDougal and Third. MacDougal and Third.
Yeah. Can I give you a lift?
Sure.
Jesus. What's that?
You got your hands on my money belt. Don't do that.
That's not a money belt. That's a gun.
Well, we gotta eat, don't we?
What do you need a gun for?
I don't know. Ever hear of Barnum & Bailey?
Yeah. Well, I'm their lion tamer.
Oh, come on. No, it's the truth.
I think you're full of shit. You do?
Yeah. What do you do?
Oh, me? I'm a... I'm an actress, a singer,
a dancer and a Buddhist. Oh, in that order?
I'm a cop. Would you believe that?
No, I wouldn't believe it.
[HUMMING]
Leslie. Leslie.
Yeah.
Those leaps that guy made, what do you call them again?
Jetés. Jetés.
Yeah.
You try it.
All right, how do you start it? What's your position?
[SPEAKS FRENCH]
Next life. Come on.
What are you reading now, Serpico?
My Life by Isadora Duncan.
She was a ballet dancer.
A belly dancer?
No. 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. Oh, yeah?
Yeah. That's where I go after I leave here.
Yeah? Fantastic for your body.
Oh. It builds you up.
I can tell.
You noticed, huh? I noticed.
There's five positions. You know that?
Five... You're being shortchanged.
Oh, no, it's enough, believe me.
For what? Watch.
See? This is the first position.
From this position, I can do anything.
You wanna see? Sure.
Here we go.
[SERPICO HUMS]
Lieutenant Steiger, I need a... No. Later.
Hey, turn off the lights.
Oh, Potts. I wanted to read.
Positions, positions.
Positions like that you don't see in a pretzel factory.
Now I gotta do my pee-pee in the dark.
Oh, she's gotta be a nympho with positions like that.
Hey, Serpico, how can you piss at a time like this?
Barto wants a specimen.
I'll look into this matter.
What do you got there? Here.
Straight ahead.
Straight ahead where? Third window down.
I don't see anything over there.
Let me see.
Oh, she just pulled down her shade.
You gotta be some kind of jinx, you know that?
That's right, blame me.
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 gonna tell me you were just doing a peeping Tom?
You were sucking his cock, weren't you?
What are you, crazy? I'll show you fucking crazy.
Last week I found a pair of shorts with semen on them.
[DOOR BANGS]
There.
You're actually accusing me of this?
Good morning, Captain McClain. I'm Officer Serpico.
I was told I could talk to you, sir.
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 at the B.C.I.
Sir, I'll tell you...
frankly I don't see any future there.
I mean, it's 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 wanna go back to uniform.
I'll see what I can do, Frank.
Francis...
you know about my weekend retreats for Catholic officers?
No.
Well, you read that. It might be of interest to you.
You are a Catholic, aren't you?
Yeah. I was baptised.
Good. Good.
Alfie, come on.
Paco. Oh, 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 favour?
Get my keys out of this pocket for me. Sure.
Well, what will I call you?
Frank or Paco?
Paco.
[MUSIC PLAYS]
WOMAN: Leslie.
Sally, hi. Larry. This is Paco. All right.
Hey, man. LESLIE: Larry's a poet.
But he works for an advertising agency.
And Sally's an actress, but she works for a photographer.
SALLY: Hello. Paco's a policeman.
Oh, that's terrific. I work for the police department.
Oh, hey. Wow, okay. That's really nice.
SALLY: See you.
How are you? Pat's a novelist.
But you're working for an insurance company now, aren't you?
Yes, I am. Yeah. Paco's a policeman.
Really? How exciting.
Well, not too. Right now, I'm filing fingerprints.
Listen, I file insurance policies.
We should get together, then. File or something.
Hey, that was an improvement. I wanna ask you something.
How come all your friends
are on their way to being somebody else?
Think about that. I wanna ask you something else too.
Will you do me a big favour?
Don't tell anybody I'm a cop.
You know, let me just sort of do it myself.
Hey, man, are you really a cop?
Right. I am.
Leslie is a mind-fucker.
You gotta be kidding me. I didn't know that.
What's a mind-fucker?
Well, that's a chick
who digs intellectual types and super-bright guys.
Oh, yeah?
Well, she's very perceptive.
You know, Japanese culture and theatre and painting,
it's too rigidly stylised.
Well, 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 sheepdog. Yeah?
There have been sheepdogs in my family
dating back for 16 generations.
Dating back to the Borgias.
The family crest is a sheepdog Uh-huh.
Pissing into a gondola. Oh, shit.
Paco, everybody loves you. I love you.
[CHATTERING]
Officer Serpico reports.
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've 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 moustache. I wish I had the guts.
Well, 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. I thought so.
I think it's time that we started to communicate more on the street, sir.
You know, the way it is, we're totally isolated, sir.
I mean, we're completely out of touch with what's happening.
An undercover cop walks around in disguise,
wearing black shoes and white socks. Everybody knows who he is.
You made your point.
I want you to keep your moustache.
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.
[ALARM RINGING]
[GRUNTING]
Hold it.
[GUN COCKS]
What the hell are you doing?
Oh, Christ.
Quick, get in here.
Hey!
I'm a police officer. Get over there.
Hey! It's me, Serpico!
Hey, I'm a police officer. Police officer.
I'm an officer. I'm a police officer.
Jesus, Frank, how was I supposed to recognise 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 fucking brain in your head?
Oh, shit.
If I buy one, you motherfucker, I'm not gonna 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.
I'll have to go through that ballistics bullshit.
Good. You should. It'll look like hell
if I don't have anything to show for it.
Frank, do me a favour.
Give us the collar?
You motherfucker.
You want the collar, huh?
You don't wanna fill out forms, right?
Go ahead.
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 plainclothes men
you'll be able to identify the pungent aroma
and recognise 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, grass. Boo.
Hey, this is real good shit.
I gotta have something to eat. Oh, look what it is. Look what it is.
It's a potato factory, is what it is. I have to have some because I love it.
I have to have some of that. We have nothing to...?
I have to have a dime? The dime goes in the little slot there.
That doesn't work. It's from the Civil War, this machine.
Pull on it. Doesn't. Doesn't. Doesn't.
Go ahead. Go ahead. Shoot it out.
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.
The two of us.
Give me. Ah!
Where you supposed to go from here?
Nine-three 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 a gold shield. Yeah.
No four years in Plainclothes?
Who do you know? It's my business to know people.
People who can help.
Unfair.
Life is unfair, man.
I mean, look, you've got a feel for the streets, and I...
I got a feel for the politics, I guess.
Oh, yeah? You and me in one Batmobile,
we could clean up the city in no time.
I wonder if we can get candy out of this machine, though.
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 gonna marry him in two months.
Unless you marry me.
Hm.
What about the theatre and your 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-hm.
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-to-5 day is the best time for policy and bookmaking.
But 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.
KIRBY: Serpico,
been holding this for you.
It's from Jewish Max.
SERPICO: 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 wanna protect myself. Okay.
You know what we do with this? What?
We take it to Inspector Kellogg.
Kellogg? Yeah.
Kellogg? Didn't he used to be in Plainclothes?
Second highest ranking cop in the whole Department of Investigations.
So what?
What do you mean, so what? I happened to be instrumental in getting the man his job.
He owes me, you understand?
He's the most honest cop I know, Frank.
Frank,
trust me.
Things like this were common practise 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 it unless I took it?
KELLOGG: You...
You have two alternatives:
Force me to 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?
SERPICO: Hey, sarge? BROWN: Yeah?
Got a minute?
Yeah.
A coloured cop gave me this. I didn't know what to do with it.
Well, I'll send it on to the Benevolent Association.
[ITALIAN OPERA PLAYS]
Alfie.
Is that Björling?
No. It's di Stefano.
I was sure it was Björling.
No.
You can hear it better over here.
That's an invitation, right? Right.
With coffee.
I have to take a rain check. I'm due at the hospital.
Why don't you call in sick. Perfect place.
Not me.
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 gotta love the man.
You like her, Alfie?
All I can tell you, sir, is I gave it back.
I gotta get out of the 93.
Well, what happened on your Narcotics application?
It looked like it was all set until I told them 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 mean, I can go there if I want. But if it's the same shit, screw it.
I'd rather answer phones for Spanish Communications Unit and go nuts.
Come on, Alfie.
Frank...
did anyone ever tell you that you have a tendency towards self-pity?
No, you're the first. All right.
Frank, I have a friend up there. Roy Palmer, an administrative officer.
I'll speak with him.
Good. Thank you, sir. Bye, Frank.
God bless you. Right.
[PHONE RINGS]
Yeah? McCLAIN: Frank?
Captain McClain here. Oh, Captain McClain.
Could you hold on a minute, please? Sure.
Yeah. Sorry. Frank.
I saw Inspector Palmer tonight.
And he assures me the 7th Division is as clean as a hound's tooth.
His words, Frank. "Clean as a hound's tooth."
Oh, yeah? I told him he'd get a hard work er.
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. Goodbye, 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. All right.
We heard you were coming.
Hey, listen, say hello to Nate Smith, Frank Serpico.
Jamie Morales, Frank Serpico. Serpico.
Hey, baby, you'll love it here. It's beautiful.
I'll see youse later, right? Take a little ride with me.
I gotta make a collar. I should check in first.
Fuck that. Come on.
[KEOUGH SINGS CHRISTMAS CAROL]
TROLLO: Ten on Dallas, if Minnesota. Right.
Green Bay, 12 and a half...
You dumb fuck. We told you this location's hot.
We told you to stay the fuck out. Keough,
nobody told me. Honest.
Bullshit.
Come on, let's take a walk. TROLLO: Hi, kid.
All right, a C-note apiece. No way.
We got a complaint, right, Frank? Come on.
All right, make it 200, Keough.
Hey, what are you, getting cheap in your old age, bambino?
Three. Three?
You heard me.
All right, 3. I'll tell you what. I'll make it light.
Hey, Frank. Yeah.
You wanna write this up?
No, I'm gonna check in.
Take the collar. Get on the sheet.
I better check in.
Hey, Frank.
We gotta have a little talk later, right?
[WHISTLING]
That dumb schmuck only came up with 2 bills because I booked him.
Here you go, Frank.
No, it was your collar. Keep it.
I had a hunch you weren't gonna 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? Hey, Frank.
Let's face it. 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 a little worried.
I told them you're okay, I knew you from the old 21.
You'd never hurt another cop.
Right?
You'd never hurt another cop, would you, Frank?
That'd depend on what he did. That's the wrong answer, Frankie.
[TEAKETTLE WHISTLES]
Frankie.
We're not doing anything bad here. Skimming a little gambling money.
It's clean. It's not dope.
It hurts nobody.
Come on, Frank,
a gambler is a gentleman. They're gonna operate anyhow, right?
You don't have to explain yourself. You do what you gotta do.
Want some tea? No, I don't like that shit.
How about coffee, huh?
What's the matter, Frank? What are you worried about?
Listen, we don't go overboard here.
We're not sloppy, we're careful. The spics, the niggers, we bust them.
Because they operate so dumb and sloppy anyhow,
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, Frankie.
Really got it analysed, huh.
You're fucking-A right I got it analysed. It's worth it.
You know how much the nut's running now, Frankie?
No, I wouldn't know that.
Eight hundred dollars a month.
That's 800 clams every time your girlfriend gets the curse.
Tax free.
Now, here's the beauty. You don't get it 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 severance pay.
Think it over, all right? In or out.
Look at me. Shaking.
All my life I wanted to be a cop. It's like I can remember nothing else.
I remember this one time...
There was...
Something happened. A domestic argument or something.
Somebody stabbed somebody.
And...
there was this crowd around this tenement.
I must've been 9, 10 years old. I was this big.
I went over to see what was going on. I noticed a red light
going around and around.
All these people, and I couldn't see.
And I kept saying:
"You know what's going on? Do you know?"
Nobody knew.
And it was, like, the 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?
It's amazing.
It's incredible.
But I feel like a criminal because I don't take money.
You get so tense when you talk about it.
I wonder why. Come here.
[GROANS]
Right there. Here?
Uh-huh.
I'm gonna 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?
Does it shock you? Not much.
Oh, what's the matter with me?
Everybody knows about cops.
Did you ever hear the story The Wise King?
No. But I got the feeling I'm gonna hear it.
Well, there was this king, and he ruled over his kingdom.
Yeah. Right in the middle of the kingdom,
there was a well. That's where everybody drank.
Mm-hm. 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 in the street and they said:
"We gotta get rid of the king because the king is mad."
Uh-oh.
And then that night, he went down and he 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.
Frank, say hello to somebody. Hey, grab your cocks and grab your socks.
What the fuck is this?
Frank Serpico. Say hello to Don Rubello.
He's gonna be your new partner.
KEOUGH: Look, if you don't wanna work with this fucking nut for some reason,
I'll buddy up with him, all right?
And go through all that crap changing assignments? No, no.
We'll be okay. We're paisanos, eh?
What's with the fucking mouse? He's my partner.
Partner? He's specially trained.
He goes to track down heroin.
Let him loose. He goes into the hole, brings it back,
sniffs it out, brings it to you.
Yeah, I heard of that.
You heard of that? 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 gotta 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, the three of us pick up the payoff twice a month.
Hey. Look, there he is.
Son of a bitch!
Look out! Oh, my God! [HONKS]
Where's the money?
[GRUNTING]
[GURGLING]
You been jerking me around, you fuck, huh?
I know 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.
The last time, Vernon. The last time.
You fuck me and you're gone, you hear? You hear, huh?
See you at the Domino. Midnight.
And you better have $300, you fuck. You hear? Right?
Right?!
All right, Frank.
Eh? Eh?
I keep this place for socialising.
Someday I'll get a couple of broads, huh? Have a little party.
Hey.
Make some ice. Booze is right over here.
So, what do you think, Frank? About the money.