Résumé
New York, février 1971: lors d'une descente, l'inspecteur Serpico est grièvement blessé au visage. Onze ans plus tôt: le jeune Serpico entrait dans la police avec enthousiasme, mais ne tardait pas à découvrir la corruption ambiante. Il se résout à tout raconter au New York Times, quand il est blessé dans ce qui s'avérera être un traquenard monté par ses collègues.
1957, Sidney Lumet, Martin Balsam,John Fiedler,Lee J. Cobb,E.G. Marshall,Jack Klugman,Edward Binns,Jack Warden,Henry Fonda,Joseph Sweeney,Ed Begley,George Voskovec,Robert Webber
1976, Sidney Lumet, Penelope Allen,Sully Boyar,John Cazale,Beulah Garrick,Carol Kane,Sandra Kazan,Marcia Jean Kurtz,Amy Levitt,John Marriott,Estelle Omens,Al Pacino,Gary Springer,James Broderick,Charles Durning,Carmine Foresta,Lance Henriksen,Floyd Levine,Dick Anthony Williams,Dominic Chianese,Marcia Haufrecht,Judith Malina,Susan Peretz,Chris Sarandon,William Bogert,Ron Cummins,Jay Gerber,Philip Charles MacKenzie,Chu Chu Malave,Lionel Pina,Alan Berger,James Bulleit,Robert Costanzo,David Daniel,Camille DeBiase,Michael DeBiase,Fabrizio DiGiacomo,Todd Everett,Richard Garrick,Ron Gilbert,Paul E. Guskin,Jennifer Lanzisero,Ben Lautman,Tony Lip,Kenneth McMillan,John Meeks,Ed Metzger,Thomas Murphy,Harrison Ressler,Samantha Rodewald,Raymond Serra,Lynette Sheldon,Tom Towles
1975, Sidney Lumet, Albert Finney,Lauren Bacall,Martin Balsam,Ingrid Bergman,Jacqueline Bisset,Jean-Pierre Cassel,Sean Connery,John Gielgud,Wendy Hiller,Anthony Perkins,Vanessa Redgrave,Rachel Roberts,Richard Widmark,Michael York,Colin Blakely,George Coulouris,Denis Quilley,Vernon Dobtcheff,Jeremy Lloyd,John Moffatt,Andrew Andreas,Vic Chapman,David de Keyser,Leon Lissek,Robert Rietty,George Silver,Leslie Soden,Vic Tablian,Nubar Terziyan
1988, Sidney Lumet, Christine Lahti,River Phoenix,Judd Hirsch,Jonas Abry,Martha Plimpton,Ed Crowley,L.M. Kit Carson,Steven Hill,Augusta Dabney,David Margulies,Lynne Thigpen,Marcia Jean Kurtz,Sloane Shelton,Justine Johnston,Herb Lovelle,Bobo Lewis,Ronnie Gilbert,Leila Danette,Michael Boatman,Jenny Lumet,William Foeller,Carol Cavallo,Alice Drummond,Joey Thrower,Donna Hanover,Thomas Fraioli,Burke Pearson,Elzbieta Czyzewska,Angela Pietropinto,Daniel Dassin,Christian Daugherty
1984, Sidney Lumet, Diana Ross,Michael Jackson,Nipsey Russell,Ted Ross,Mabel King,Theresa Merritt,Thelma Carpenter,Lena Horne,Richard Pryor,Stanley Greene,Clyde J. Barrett,Derrick Bell,Roderick-Spencer Sibert,Kashka Banjoko,Ronald 'Smokey' Stevens,Toney Brealond,Joe Lynn,Clinton Jackson,Charles Rodriguez,Carlton Johnson,Ted Williams,Mabel Robinson,Damon Pearce,Donna Patrice Ingram,Harry Madsen,Glory Van Scott,Vicki Baltimore,Carlos Cleveland,Mariann Aalda,Aaron Boddie,Gay Faulkner,Ted Butler,T.B. Skinner,Jamie Perry,Daphne McWilliams,H. Douglas Berring,James Shaw,Johnny Brown,Gyle Waddy,Dorothi Fox,Frances Salisbury,Beatrice Dunmore,Traci Core,Donald King,Claude Brooks,Billie Allen,Willie C. Carpenter,Denice De Jon Nortez,Kevin Stockton,Alvin Alexis,Adrienne Albert,Alfa K. Anderson,Joshie Armstead,Patti Austin,Adrian Bailey,Clare Janice Bathe,Claude Brooke,Eric Butler,Tom Bähler,Vivian Cherry,Kacey Cisyk,Steve Clayton,Pat Cleveland,Kay Coleman,Charles Collins,Jenny Cooke,T.J. Cooke,Ron Dante,Billy Davis,Darrell Davis,Jules S. Davis,Sharon Davis,Christopher Dean,William Eaton,Melvin W. Edmondson,Camille Farrell,Mike Farrell,Steve Feldman,Roberta Flack,Bobby Floyd,Frank Floyd,Antonia French,Arthur French,Lynda Furlow,Nancy Gilliam,Robin Givens,Bryon Gray,Diva Gray,Mike Gray,Milt Grayson,Gordon Grody,Lani Groves,Gwen Guthrie,Susan Hamilton,Mike Hayes,Julio Herrara,Jake Holmes,Cissy Houston,Rhetta Hughes,Iman,Petra Johnson,Martina Jones,Quincy Jones,Kenny Karen,Jerry Keller,Christine Langner,David Lasley,Yvonne Lewis,Mary Lombardi,Kim Magloire,Tommy Malcolm,Bill Marine,Ron Marshall,Barbara Massey,Ullanda McCullough,Debbie McDuffie,Chuck McGruder,June McGruder,Helen Miles,Leslie Miller,Melanie Moore,Janice Papalos,Janice Pendarvis,Leon Pendarvis,Dennis Perren,Randy Peyton,Curtis Price,Neil Raber,Gerrard Randall,David Reed,Claudia Ricks,Mindy Rosario,Ermundo Russell,Annette Sanders,Zachary Sanders,Ray Simpson,Tamy Smith,Sterling St. Jacques,Renel Stafford,Fred Stark,Susan Stephenson,Maeretha Stewart,Grady Tate,Jean Thomas,Mariama Thomas,Mia Thomas,Duke Thorbs,Alfonzo Thornton,Luther Vandross,Táta Vega,Bill Walker,Dawn Walker,Joey Ward,Brenda White,Beurice Whitehead,Kenny Williams,Mollena Williams,Janet Wright,Darcel Wynne
1977, Sidney Lumet, Faye Dunaway,William Holden,Peter Finch,Robert Duvall,Wesley Addy,Ned Beatty,Arthur Burghardt,Bill Burrows,John Carpenter,Jordan Charney,Kathy Cronkite,Ed Crowley,Jerome Dempsey,Conchata Ferrell,Gene Gross,Stanley Grover,Cindy Grover,Darryl Hickman,Mitchell Jason,Paul Jenkins,Ken Kercheval,Kenneth Kimmins,Lynn Klugman,Carolyn Krigbaum,Zane Lasky,Michael Lipton,Michael Lombard,Pirie MacDonald,Russ Petranto,Bernard Pollock,Roy Poole,William Prince,Sasha von Scherler,Lane Smith,Ted Sorel,Beatrice Straight,Fred Stuthman,Cameron Thomas,Marlene Warfield,Lydia Wilen,Lee Richardson,John Chancellor,Robert P. Cohen,Walter Cronkite,Andrew Duncan,Todd Everett,Betty Ford,Gerald Ford,John Gabriel,Tom Gibney,Lance Henriksen,Raymond Martino,John Pashley,Howard K. Smith,David Susskind,Michael Tucker,Ahmed Yamani