Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Frank Serpico” is a finely etched and fascinating documentary. Directed by Antonino D’Ambrosio, it’s a portrait of the legendary ...

Stuyvesant, N.Y. — He’s a political neophyte whose name — Frank Serpico — is synonymous with his single campaign issue: Corruption. The famously scrupulous ex-cop — key witness in the 1971 Knapp ...

Powerful story of disguise and alienation is led by the moral passion of Pacino’s countercultural whistleblower Film-making guts and glory are on display from director Sidney Lumet, star Al Pacino and ...

NEW YORK, New York (WABC) -- The idea behind a new documentary called "Frank Serpico" is to find the man behind the myth of one of the NYPD's most controversial officers. The film was well received ...

People have been wanting to make a documentary about Frank Serpico, the former cop who blew the whistle on systemic corruption within New York City's Finest back in the late 1960s and early '70s, for ...

“If I get angry enough, I’ll live,” Frank Serpico, the NYPD undercover cop and outspoken opponent of police corruption, said to himself as he lay dying after a botched 1971 drug deal bust-up. Made ...

The rough-around-the-edges docudrama of cops misusing their power seems even more provocative today “Many of his fellow officers considered him the most dangerous man alive – an honest cop.” That was ...

There is a great moment in "Frank Serpico," Antonino D'Ambrosio's documentary, in which we learn that the famous whistle-blowing New York City police officer visited the set of the 1973 film that ...

Antonino D'Ambrosio gets to know 'Frank Serpico,' the real cop who inspired one of the 1970s' most iconic crime movies. By THR Staff Fans of Sidney Lumet’s 1973 Serpico, starring Al Pacino and his ...