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Prince of the City

1981

Sidney Lumet

Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Richard Foronjy, Don Billet ...

7.1

1,826

Thriller. Drama New York cop Daniel Ciello is involved in some questionable police practices. He is approached by internal affairs and in exchange for him potentially being let off the hook, he is instructed to begin to expose the inner workings of police corruption. Danny agrees as long as he does not have to turn in his partners but he soon learns that he cannot trust anyone and he must decide whose side he is on and who is on his.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"'Prince of the City' is a very good movie and, like some of its characters, it wants to break your heart. Maybe it will. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"An astonishing in-depth portrait of the interlocking worlds of police and hoodlum results, with no punches pulled and no easy solutions."	POS
United Kingdom	Simon Braund Empire	"Brilliant, but forgotten eighties cop epic with an astounding central turn from Williams. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"Prince of the City begins with the strength and confidence of a great film, and ends merely as a good one. The achievement isn't what it first promises to be, but it's exciting and impressive all the same"	POS

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