Movie
Prince of the City
Overview
New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice eliminate corruption in the police department, as long as he will not have to turn in any close friends. In doing so, Ciello uncovers a conspiracy within the force to smuggle drugs to street informants.
Details
- Release date
- 1981-08-19
- Runtime
- 167 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Orion Pictures, Taurus Film
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Treat Williams as Daniel Ciello
- Jerry Orbach as Gus Levy
- Richard Foronjy as Joe Marinaro
- Don Billett as Bill Mayo
- Kenny Marino as Dom Bando
- Carmine Caridi as Gino Mascone
- Tony Page as Raf Alvarez
- Norman Parker as Rick Cappalino
- Paul Roebling as Brooks Paige
- Bob Balaban as Santimassino
- James Tolkan as George Polito
- Steve Inwood as Mario Vincente
Crew
- Sidney Lumet - Director
- Jay Presson Allen - Screenplay
- Sidney Lumet - Screenplay
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