Serpico

1973 film directed by Sidney Lumet
Movie film Q657079
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Summary

Serpico is a film[1]. Serpico ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,258 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[3]
  • Director: Sidney Lumet[4]
  • Screenwriter: Waldo Salt[5], Norman Wexler[6]
  • Composer: Mikis Theodorakis[7]
  • Movement: New Hollywood[8]
  • Genre: crime film[9], biographical film[10], drama film[11], action film[12]
  • Cast member: Al Pacino[13], John Randolph[14], Jack Kehoe[15], Tony Roberts[16], M. Emmet Walsh[17], James Tolkan[18], Kenneth McMillan[19], Cornelia Sharpe[20], Biff McGuire[21], F. Murray Abraham[22], Jaime Sánchez[23], Richard Foronjy[24], Barbara Eda-Young[25], Edward Grover[26]
  • Producer: Dino De Laurentiis[27], Martin Bregman[28]
  • Production company: Columbia Pictures[29], Dino De Laurentiis Company[30]
  • Director of photography: Arthur J. Ornitz[31]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[32], Italian[33], Spanish[34]
  • Commons category: Serpico[35]
  • Review score: 8.1[36], 83/100[37], 93%[38]
  • Color: color[39]
  • Country of origin: United States[40], Italy[41]
  • Publication date: December 5, 1973[42], January 25, 1974[43], February 26, 1974[44], March 14, 1974[45], March 18, 1974[46], March 28, 1974[47], April 5, 1974[48], April 15, 1974[49], May 9, 1974[50], May 22, 1974[51], June 6, 1974[52], July 4, 1974[53], July 13, 1974[54], September 2, 1974[55]

Why It Matters

Serpico has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] Serpico is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]

FAQs

What awards did Serpico receive?

Honors received include National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[3].

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [56] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [57] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 15220
    P14821 → 70666
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  2. 11w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14671 → 23806
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  3. 14w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14567 → SID0058398
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  4. 15w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14551 → serpico
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14551: serpico, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/295962169|SERPICO (#295962169)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8091|Il cinema ritrovato fil"
  5. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → 1970s
    Publication date → +1973-12-05T00:00:00Z, +1974-01-25T00:00:00Z, +1974-02-26T00:00:00Z +19
    Screenwriter → Waldo Salt, Norman Wexler
    Image last checked license → —
    + 44 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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