PRINCE OF THE CITY - DVD

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• Release Year: 1981
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: 'The first thing a cop learns is that he can't trust nobody but his partners,' detective Danny Ciello tells an assistant D.A. 'I sleep with my wife but I live with my partners. I will never give them up.' From Robert Daley's riveting book about New York City police corruption investigations, director/co-writer Sidney Lumet's film portrays a squad that pays a terrible price when one in its ranks does just that. Treat Williams (as Ciello, inspired by real-life undercover narcotics cop Robert Leuci), Jerry Orbach, Bob Balaban and Lindsay Crouse gives standout performances in this gripping film packing 130 locations and 126 speaking parts. Lumet also stands out, as the winner of the New York Film Critics Best Director Award and an Oscar® nominee* (with Jay Presson Allen) for the screenplay.; ; *1981: Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.
• Cast: Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Richard Foronjy, Don Billett, Kenny Marino, Carmine Caridi, Tony Page, Norman Parker, Paul Roebling, Bob Balaban, James Tolkan, Steve Inwood, Lindsay Crouse, Matthew Laurance, Tony Turco, Ronald Maccone, Ron Karabatsos, Tony DiBenedetto, Tony Munafo, Robert Christian, Lee Richardson, Lane Smith, Cosmo Allegretti, Bobby Alto, Michael Beckett, Burton Collins, Henry Ferrentino, Carmine Foresta, Conard Fowkes, Peter Friedman, Peter Michael Goetz, Lance Henriksen, Eddie Jones, Don Leslie, Dana Lorge, Harry Madsen, E.D. Miller, Cynthia Nixon, Ron Perkins, Lionel Pina, José Angel Santana, Walter Brooke, Richard Costabile, Peter Costanza, Peter Gannon, Alan King, Ilana Rapp, Sidney Lumet, Jay Presson Allen, Robert Daley
• Director: Sidney Lumet
• Runtime: 2:47
• Company: Orion Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Home Video
• Media Format: Movie