Prince of the City (1981)

R08/19/1981Drama, Thriller, Crime2h 47m
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A cop is turning. Nobody's safe.

Overview

New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice help eliminate corruption in the police department, as long as he will not have to turn in any close friends. In doing so, Ciello uncovers a conspiracy within the force to smuggle drugs to street informants.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Treat Williams

    Daniel Ciello

  2. Cast 1

    Jerry Orbach

    Gus Levy

  3. Cast 1

    Richard Foronjy

    Joe Marinaro

  4. Don Billett

    Bill Mayo

  5. Kenny Marino

    Dom Bando

  6. Cast 1

    Carmine Caridi

    Gino Mascone

  7. Tony Page

    Raf Alvarez

  8. Cast 1

    Norman Parker

    Rick Cappalino

  9. Cast 1

    Paul Roebling

    Brooks Paige

It hurts to watch... literally. Every time i catch it it looks like I'm watching a copy of an old VHS tape. If anything was in need of remastering.... well, Prince of the City isn't going to be remastered because I don't even think it has a cult following. And that is a crying shame, because it is a really good movie that you can currently only find bad copies of on Amazon. The script is.... meh. It really is. You have seen the corrupt narcotics pitch many times before. That's not the draw. This was riding on Serpico's heels. What is the draw is the directing. It is severely understat...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$8,600,000.00

Revenue $8,124,257.00

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