Serpico

This is car 2118. Call Greenpoint Hospital.

We're bringing in a wounded cop.

All right, 10-4.

8th Precinct.

Jesus Christ.

Guess who got shot.

Serpico.

You think a cop did it?

I know six cops said they'd like to.

Hello.

New York Times. Serpico's been shot.

Oh, my God!

- They're taking him to Greenpoint. - I'll see you there.

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...

and perseverance...

and patience.

You men are now prepared to join the war against crime...

and put the theory you have learned into practice in the streets.

Same time, 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 9:00 a.m.

Another thing... I want a 24-hour guard on Serpico.

- Yes, sir. - You two, over there.

Anthony Sardo.

Ralph Seidler.

Frank Serpico.

Come on. Marianne wants a good shot.

Get closer!

Patrolman Serpico.

Upstairs. See the roll-call man.

Memorize your posts and sectors. This week you're 8:00 to 4:00.

Next week, 4:00 to midnight. Grab a locker.

Any questions, older guys will fill you in. Good luck.

Yo! 8:00. Let's go! Come on!

Gather around. Let's go.

All right. Settle down.

All right. Just a few announcements today and two new men.

On the board on my left, you see squad one, blue sector...

squad two, red sector...

squad three, green sector.

Now, we want summonses, summonses, summonses.

I'll help the boys, Florence.

- This is Frank Serpico, Charlie. - Hello, Frank.

- Hello, Charlie. - How about some creamed chicken?

- Sounds good to me. - No, I think I'll have...

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. - Take it easy.

Sit down, 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.

Charlie's okay. 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.

Sector D-David, 1034, possible rape in progress...

vicinity of PS 218, Grand Avenue and BQ Expressway.

Becker, aren't we gonna take that?

Relax, Frank. It's not our sector.

It's on the borderline.

I'm gonna take it.

D sector, 1547, 10-4.

Oh, my God!

Hold it! Hold it! Police officers!

Oh, shit!

- Come on. Give us... - 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.

The other one took his thing out.

He put it up to my mouth.

He... He held me down.

They said if I didn't do it...

they'd kill me.

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.

Okay, hard-on.

Who were your playmates?

Hey, Frank, you want a piece of this?

No. I'm gonna 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.

Shit.

I want to talk to you.

I want to 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.

It's a goddamn shame you gotta 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.

But 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 nothin'.

They're gonna put you away, you know that?

What can I get?

Oh, let's see... kidnapping...

sodomy, rape...

Are you kidding me?

You talk to me. Save yourself.

Let it go, Harv!

Take the shot.

You not gonna send someone over? Look, look.

McCoy, I get one, I'm gonna lose the other.

Look, Serpico, that's Muscles' case. He's off for a couple days.

- I can't cut in, Frank. - They're here now!

- It'll keep. - No, it won't!

Police officer! Hold it! Hold it!

Turn around. 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.

Wait a minute. I don't care how it looks.

Now, I did the work. I broke my ass on this. It's my collar.

You really want the collar, kid? You can be brought up on charges.

Left your post, the street, entered the school yard without permission...

That's just for openers. Right, Penella?

No memo entry. Shit. You'll be lucky to end up with a reprimand.

We'll give you an assist on the arrest, kid.

Come on, Frankie!

Jim, get out of the way! What are you doing?

What you want me to do? Go across the street?

- Hey, Frank. - Hi, Uncle Will. How you doing?

- 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.

Rev it up. Rev it up!

- Here they are. - Frankie, how you doing?

Okay. Good job.

You people do good work here.

So, how you doing, Frankie?

You keep asking me that. What's the matter with you? I'm doing 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...

Now, look. I don't like that. I mean, really.

Don't invite people over if you're not sure I'm gonna come.

I mean it, now. If I want to 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 that you're looking for a new apartment. Is that true?

- Yeah. - So, where are you going?

I don't know. I'm looking around by school.

NYU? Greenwich Village?

- Yeah, Greenwich Village. - What's the matter?

The old neighborhood's not good enough for ya?

Tell Pop I was here.

Frankie, Sunday?

Sunday what?

Dinner? Huh?

- Do me one favor... no Marianne. - I know. 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 to those patrolmen...

who wish to make themselves eligible for assignment...

to the Bureau of Criminal Identification, BCI...

which is generally considered to be a path to a detective's gold shield.