1973 · 2h 10m · Biography, Crime, Drama

Serpico

Directed bySidney Lumet

IMDb

7.7

149K votes

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Rotten Tomatoes

93%

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Box office

$29.9M

9.0x its $3.3M budget

Released Dec 5, 1973 by Columbia Pictures and Dino De Laurentiis Company

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10th of 50Films of 1973 with 10,000+ votes

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Critics (Metacritic)83

Audience (IMDb x 10)77

Critics liked it more than audiences did, by 6 points.

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Cast

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Director: Sidney Lumet
Writers: Peter Maas Waldo Salt Norman Wexler
Music: Mikis Theodorakis
Cinematography: Arthur J. Ornitz
Editing: Dede Allen
Producers: Martin Bregman

2 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

Best Actor · Academy Awards 1974
Al Pacino
Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1974
Waldo Salt, Norman Wexler
Nominated

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