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.
So why the fuck stick my neck out, 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?
Look at that.
What are you drinking? Give me a Scotch.
Next thing I wanna do, I wanna get a colour TV, you know, for the games.
Hey, how about some gin, penny a point?
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?
Well, he said he'd reach out for you when the time comes.
"Reach out"? Mm-hm.
See, my situation's pretty fucking sticky up there.
What am I supposed to do? Wait? You must have patience, Frank.
Yeah, but it's pretty fucking st... Patience and faith.
When a man like the commissioner says he'll get in touch with you...
he'll get in touch with you.
Goodbye, son. God bless you.
KEOUGH: All right, now.
Marinda's too hot. We gotta lay off him for a couple of months.
And, listen, 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're gonna have to work with a new bagman.
Al Sarno, I want you to meet Frank Serpico. This will be your new man.
Hi. Hi.
Listen, you know that operation down by Hunt's Point, the new one?
What are we gonna do? Who do we give it to?
KID: You the new bagman, you prick?
What happened to Rubello, you son of a bitch?
You mother... 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. No, I'm not on.
What do you mean, you're not on? I'm not on, I don't take money.
Some gag. Here. No, I told you straight.
I don't take money. That's the truth.
What were you doing with Rubello? Ask Rubello.
Your nut,
where's it been going? Ask Rubello.
SERPICO: All right, then, sir. I'll go to Delaney myself, then.
That would not be advisable, Frank.
You don't understand, captain. You see, it's been weeks, not a word.
I understand perfectly, Frank.
No, but... Now they know I'm not on. I've done all I can do.
Goodbye, Frank.
He's out.
Won't do another fucking thing.
Blair, I'm telling you, nothing's gonna happen from the inside.
The top guys have been cops too long.
You haven't heard from Delaney? 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.
A guy named Jerry Berman from Princeton.
You knew I know somebody. That's the somebody I know.
And he cares, Frank. He really cares.
You know what we're doing? Yeah.
We're going outside the department. That's right.
Dynamite. Every plainclothes man 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.
Another... Another thing, see,
in a couple of days, they're gonna have a meeting of the pad.
Frank is in a very tough spot. I can see that.
Rumours. See, I have heard rumours. 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?
[SIGHS]
Tell me what happened, Paco.
I'd like a drink.
That guy's gonna go to the mayor.
To the mayor.
Come here, Alfie. We're all gonna go to the mayor together, you know that?
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, all right. I'm sorry.
Frank.
All rotten.
Chickenshit.
The whole fucking system's corrupt.
[KNOCKING]
Who's there?
BLAIR: It's me, Frank, I gotta talk to you.
You know, Frank, you're behaving like a goddamn child, do you hear?
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 son of a bitch?
You come looking for help, whining, with your humble-pie act,
Yeah. Whatever. The saint, the injured innocent.
Who told you the department or the whole world was a Boy Scout camp?
What do you expect, for chrissake? A magician?
A big daddy? White knight rides in on a horse, snaps his fingers,
You just keep talking. The world turns white,
while the pope's choir sings "Ave Maria"? Is that it?
"Ave Maria." I tried to help you.
You're gonna blame me because those bastards don't wanna get involved?
Tried to help, got my head handed to me.
Where's your head?
On your shoulders, that's what I see. You don't look so hot yourself.
What's all this shit over here?
All right, get ready to blow up again because I got another idea.
You and your ideas are as full of shit as you are.
BLAIR: Right on cue. BLAIR: Right on cue.
We could talk to Foreman, the commissioner of investigations.
Another guy. We got another guy here.
We could even talk to a guy I know on the 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, you know that?
Frank, it's safe. It's safe?
My ass on the line, it's safe? Your ass is already on the line.
That's my business, all right? You don't trust me?
I don't trust you. Go fuck yourself.
Fuck you.
Look, when I come home, I want a house clean.
Don't take it out on me, Paco.
I'm not taking it out on you. I don't wanna pick up shit.
Honey?
Come to bed.
Hello, Frank. Hey, Frank.
All right, we all know what this is about, right?
So without any bullshit, Frank, what was happening
between you and Don Rubello?
Simple. I didn't take any money, I don't take money.
Rubello said if I changed my mind, he would hold my share.
He'd 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.
Right. You got it.
What about you, Frank?
I'll make up what Don took from you.
Why should I start now?
Everybody would feel a lot better about you.
You can always give it to charity, Frank.
Look, Frank. 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, and put it into straight police work,
we'd have the city cleaned in a week.
It'd be cleaned up, 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 don't want that.
They wanna suck you in. You go over the same thing, Paco.
They're so fucking corrupt. Everybody, everyone.
Nobody giving a shit. There's gotta be a way to wipe it out.
Goddamn it, there's gotta be a way. Let's get out for a while, huh?
Let's go to a movie. Quit handling me.
What are you doing? Go to a movie. How am I gonna go?
You know they'd kill me if they knew? You know that?
You think that hasn't happened? Either you're exploding or 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. You never did.
I love you, Paco.
I wanna marry you. I wanna have children with you.
Goddamn it! I hate it!
If you hate it so much why don't you get out.
Why don't you!
It's crossed my mind. Well, do it.
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?
[CHATTERING]
Hold it.
I'm a police officer.
Eh...
Wait a minute.
You're under arrest.
Hell, I thought you was some junkie. Yeah, 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 the keys to your car.
Where they been hiding you, kid?
Wouldn't you like to know?
Hold this guy for booking. Get a rap sheet on him.
I'm gonna search his car.
Where's Corsaro?
Smith took him upstairs.
I swear to God I thought this guy was some fucking junkie.
You know, listen, Rudy, you should see some of the...
[CORSARO 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 tell you. Get over here.
He's gonna get nasty about it. You're fucking right.
KEOUGH: Frank, cool it, huh?
Don't play me, motherfucker. Spread.
Frank. Hey, Frank. Rudy's on, he's good people.
Stay the fuck out of this!
What's this? What's this?
[GRUNTING]
[PANTING]
Serpico.
Got that record check on Corsaro.
Wanna 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.
Good to see you. I've had it. I'm finished.
What's wrong? I can't take it, I gotta get out.
If I have to go back to uniform, I'm going back.
I can't wait for Delaney to call, and I can't play their game.
I'm right in the middle. The commissioner didn't get in touch?
No, he didn't get in touch with me. No investigation, no undercover work.
I had no idea, Frank.
Well, captain, I think it's only fair to tell you I've been to outside agencies.
I'm gonna go to more if I have to. What outside agencies?
Holy Mother of God.
Frank, we wash our own laundry around here.
Oh, yeah? You could be charged for this.
I always thought so, but we do not wash our own laundry.
It just gets dirtier. You are in trouble, Serpico.
I don't care. I don't care who gets it, including myself.
If I have to go to outside agencies... You stay away from outside agencies.
Where am I gonna go? Stay away.
Where am I gonna go? Wait until you hear from me.
Been waiting a year. I'll get back to you.
That's not enough. I'll get back.
Where am I gonna go?
It's my life, you fuck!
Serpico.
See Inspector Palmer.
PALMER: For this precinct, cases reported of murder,
14 for August, 20 for September, 20 for...
Serpico.
Inspector Palmer?
Deputy Chief Inspector Daley and Inspector Gilbert
are waiting to see you.
You wanna 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.
You told...
I mean, you... You...
You told Captain McClain that the division was 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 come from the commissioner's
Confidential Investigation Unit.
Well, then you must have heard something.
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 gonna cooperate or not.
Come on, George. We've gotta know
if there's any real basis for an investigation.
Well, l... I'll have to think that...
I'll have to think about that.
DALEY: What is there to think about?
I don't see how the division can investigate itself.
You 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 wanna go someplace where I can do my job.
That's fair enough.
We'll be in touch.
[CHATTERING]
Inspector Palmer, can I see you a minute?
Was it necessary to let everyone in the station know I was coming here to see these guys?
You believe that a full-scale investigation is warranted?
DALEY: 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...
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.
All right, Frank. 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.
Fuck him. How about transferring me?
[CHATTERING]
Serpico.
I hear you've 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?
Hm? You practising your frisk?
No.
I'm looking to buy a used tape recorder.
Wear a wire? They're feeling me up every day.
How am I gonna wear a wire? Come on, Frank.
Look, wearing a wire means testifying to corroborate the tape, right? Right.
I'm not testifying.
I gotta put a dime in the parking meter.
DALEY: Franklin, put a dime in the parking meter for Serpico.
Hey, Frank.
Frank, you know Herman Tauber, district attorney?
Yeah, I watch television.
Frank, I wanna compliment you for coming forward like this.
It's... It's unique. It's uniquely unique.
You should be proud of yourself.
There's gonna be a grand jury on these shit heels
with Frank Serpico as my star witness.
Mr. Tauber, you and everybody in this room can go to hell,
because I'm not testifying. Wait. Listen.
Wait, wait, wait. Just a second, Frank, you have nothing to fear.
You're not gonna be singled out. You don't understand. I'm not afraid.
I don't give a fuck who knows Wait, wait.
If it meant something, but this investigation is bullshit.
You mind if I say something? It's bullshit.
You're not 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 shit for years and won't do a thing.
That's why I won't testify.
[CHATTERING]
Hey, what's this?
Exactly what it says.
I'm splitting. I never read anything so stupid.
"I'm leaving. If you wanna discuss it, I'll be at Felix's."
I didn't feel like another blood-and-guts scene.
I figured you wouldn't be able to shout.
I can shout anywhere.
I won't shout.
Sit down, sit down.
It's just gonna go on and on, Paco. It isn't gonna get any better.
And if you quit, somehow I'll be blamed.
How could you leave the man you love?
The 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 wanna 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.
What am I doing?
I owe you for that, huh? Here.
Here's $2.
Laurie.
What are you doing?
Do you wanna walk away, or should I?
I'm not gonna walk away.
It's finished.
Who do you think you are, pulling that "no testifying" bullshit on me?
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.
But the truth is, you're coming in after the fact.
Cut the crap. You're like a quiff who says she won't,
then maybe she will, then she won't.
Yeah, I'm like a quiff who's been fucked over for a year and a half
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.
And meanwhile where am I? I'm out there alone.
Who gives a fuck about that? I'm totally isolated in the department.
I don't have a friend. Oh, don't give me that.
I've been putting cops away for 30 years.
My name's an obscenity on every shithouse wall in every precinct.
SERPICO: I've observed that, sir.
"Friends." And I fought my way up as a Jew in the days you're supposed to have
an uncircumcised shamrock between your legs.
I have this nightmare: I'm on Fifth Ave., watching St. Patrick's Day parade.
I have a coronary, and 9000 cops march happily over my body. Friends.
I haven't got a friend in the force.
SERPICO: I'll be your friend, chief. I'm not looking for any.
I'll make an exception in your case. TAUBER: You're a good cop.
Stop being a prima donna, just cut out the shticklech.
I don't understand, you know. How am I being a prima donna?
I wanna protect myself. Frank...
we're gonna get the indictments. You're gonna have to testify.
CONTROLLER: Ready on the right. Ready on the left.
Ready on the firing line.
[BUZZER SOUNDS]
What are you gonna 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 wanna see anything happen to you.
But you gotta understand, a lot of people could get hurt here.
Look, I'm not saying it's gonna happen. I'm saying it could happen.
There's lots of ways. 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 gonna walk in the wrong door.
Thanks for the information. Fuck you, Frank.
KNOWLES: I have nothing more. Does anyone have any further questions?
Yes. Yes, Mrs. Crist?
If I may, Mr. Knowles. Thank you.
Officer Serpico came to the 7th Division
more than a year and a half ago.
All during that time, the things he's told us were taking place.
Now why didn't Officer Serpico report these criminal activities long before,
when he first encountered them? I'd like to answer.
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, sir.
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. Officer Serpico, thank you for your testimony.
This hearing is adjourned until 10:00 tomorrow morning.
Why didn't you tell them about Delaney, Kellogg?
Frank, this was a grand jury about police officers actively engaged in corruption.
You don't implicate people without sufficient evidence.
Now, that's crap, and you know it.
Even a dumb cop like me knows a prosecutor can take a grand jury
anywhere it wants to take it.
You never led me anywhere near the real problems.
Nothing about the bosses, the brass.
How corruption like this could exist without anybody knowing.
Now a few flunky cops in the Bronx, that's it. None of this 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've got guts, integrity.
There's gonna be a detective's gold shield in this for you.
Now, that's terrific. That's good.
Maybe this is what it's about. 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 B.C.I. Washroom.
That's stupid, commissioner, and you know it.
You know, Mr. Commissioner, a gold shield for Serpico at this time
would convince a 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.
[GRUNTING]
COP: Jesus, Serpico. What the hell are you...?
Don't move.
[KNOCKING]
Officer Serpico reporting for duty, sir.
I'm Inspector Lombardo. I wanna shake your hand, Frank.
It's gonna be nice to have a guy here I can trust.
Anybody in this command you wanna work with?
Well, it's not who I wanna work with. It's who wants to work with me.
All right. You can't find anybody you wanna work with, Frank,
I'll work with you.
That all right?
Yeah.
SERPICO: How do we get past the lookouts?
How many you got? One.
There's two.
There's the third one. There's three of them.
It's four buildings down. We can try and get down the fire escape.
Get in from behind. What'd you think?
Good to you? Yeah, let's go.
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYS ON RADIO]
What do you think? Wanna try it?
[GRUNTS]
You all right?
Yeah. I feel just like a cop again. Thank you.
Close up.
Frank, come on. Come on.
MAN: Cut it out. I ain't got none. I ain't...
[CHATTERING]
Get in the other room. Out of here. Get up against the wall.
What the hell's going on here? Who the hell are you?
SERPICO: Who are you? Police. Who do you think?
Fuck against the wall. Up. Up. Up.
Let's see your shield.
Wanna see a shield? All right, there's my shield.
Where you from? Borough, Manhattan, 8.
No, goddamn it. You're not from the borough.
I paid the borough this morning.
Hey, Frank.
The hell kind of shakedown is this?
Who'd you pay in the borough?
Nobody.
I didn't pay nobody. Who'd you pay in the borough?
I didn't pay nobody. Now let go of me.
LOMBARDO: We followed up
and 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 wanna get this, the pickups are made by...
retired policemen.
That way, no plainclothes men are directly involved.
Now, 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 that the police department has got.
There are good cops who'd come forward
if there was any encouragement in the department to do so
and if they thought it would do any good. If not, they won't do it.
I've done a whole 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 wanna know.
What outside agencies I've been to, right?
[PHONE RINGS]
BLAIR: Hello. Hello, prick.
Who is this? Frank.
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 Times will go out on a limb
on the say-so of two flunky cops.
Suppose an inspector were to come with us.
LOMBARDO: You know, I got 20 years on the force.
Just bought this place. I signed a 500-year mortgage on it.
Will you turn that thing off out there.
Okay, come on, everybody to bed. Come on. Turn that damn thing down.
Yeah, come on, now. Come on. Go on upstairs.
[CHATTERING]
This is against department regulations. You both know that.
If they wanna 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 a 100 percent.
BLAIR: Times and the News. I got the money, fellas.
There you go, there you go, there you go.
Newsweek, please.
Holy sh... Woo! Woo!
Oh, Christ.
BLAIR: You can almost predict the numbers they're gonna do.
Delaney's gonna issue some phoney denial.
Somebody from the mayor's office will say something noble.
Delaney will change his tune. Finally the mayor will appoint a commission.
SERPICO: "Thursday, Mayor Lindsay announced the formation of a special committee
to review the city procedures for investigating police corruption."
How come I'm not in the first paragraph?
Unbelievable.
Yee-hoo!
The Times' report smells of the familiar smear tactics of McCarthyism.
This government must and will root out corruption
with every means at our command.
The mayor has this day appointed a special investigation commission
[KNOCKING]
To be headed by Whitman Knapp. Yeah, come.
Here's your reward, Frank.
It's a transfer to Narcotics, Brooklyn South.
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 get hurt.
And to...
To be set up.
[GUNSHOT]
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.
Forty thousand each.
We let them collect it all and then hit them.
A hundred and twenty thousand 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 gonna drive to the corner.
Right. And you keep in sight out front.
When you spot somebody who's dirty, take off your glasses and wipe them.
Right. Right. Okay.
SERPICO: If we stay here very long,
we're gonna get spotted. HEINEMANN: Well, Frank...
Why don't you go up there and check it out?
Well, why don't you? I got the wrong clothes.
I'll take you shopping. Uh-huh.
[DOGS BARKING]
MAN: Limbo.
Gerardo.
[SPEAKING QUIETLY IN SPANISH]
HEINEMANN: Police. Freeze.
Police officer. All right.
To the wall. Against the wall.
Goddamn it, get up.
All right. Palms up on the wall and spread them.
Get them up. Spread them. Hands up. Come on.
Spread them. Feet apart.
I saw the buy. Let's get Limbo.
Julio, you all right?
JULIO: Yeah, yeah. I got them.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
[LIMBO SPEAKS SPANISH]
SERPICO: Police officer.
[YELLING IN SPANISH]
What the fuck are you waiting for?!
HEINEMANN: Police. Throw out your guns and come out with your hands up.
[GROANING]
[CHATTERING]
What do you got here? It's Mr. And Mrs. Serpico, sir.
Okay.
Yes?
[SPEAKING ITALIAN]
Where's our son? They're bringing him down from Xray.
We want to see him. Just a few minutes.
Mr. And Mrs. Serpico. The news is better than we expected.
[SPEAKING ITALIAN]
Thank God, the bullet was a small calibre.
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? SERPICO [THICKLY]: Hello, Sid.
How are you?
Wanna 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.
Well, naturally.
Frank, Heinemann and Julio are cleared.
The three of you are up for exceptional merit awards.
That's very funny.
It's very funny.
Francesco, you love me?
I always had a thing for you, Sid. You know that.
Your gold shield's come through.
[CLICKS TONGUE]
[CHUCKLES]
What's this for?
For being an honest cop?
Hm?
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.
[MUMBLES]
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 still lodged in the bony portion.
One is very close to the carotid artery
and you'll have to be check ed from time to time.
Your left side will feel stiff occasionally.
Once in a great while you may experience some dizziness.
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."
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
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