Prince of the City

1981 167 min ★ 7.0 Drama, Thriller, Crime

New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice 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.

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Cast

Treat Williams

Daniel Ciello

Jerry Orbach

Gus Levy

Richard Foronjy

Joe Marinaro

Don Billett

Bill Mayo

Kenny Marino

Dom Bando

Carmine Caridi

Gino Mascone

Tony Page

Raf Alvarez

Norman Parker

Rick Cappalino

Paul Roebling

Brooks Paige

Bob Balaban

Santimassino

Details

Director

Sidney Lumet

Screenplay

Jay Presson Allen

Tagline

"A cop is turning. Nobody's safe."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$8,600,000

Revenue

$8,124,257

Production

Orion Pictures, Taurus Film

Reviews

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GenerationofSwine

January 10, 2023

★ 10/10

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.......