Prince of the City
1981 · 167 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 10,015 VOTES · DIR. Sidney Lumet
Overview
New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice help 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.
Dialogue Timeline — 2,302 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:27 What? What is it?
00:10:13 - Who else could live with this? - Who needs a drink?
00:18:41 You hurt me, baby face. I think you broke something.
00:25:18 I know what you guys think of us.
00:32:27 So they decided to contact Simonetta and offer to drop the case...
00:37:53 But I can buy the progress report.
00:44:53 You think I'm some kind of rat or something?
00:50:58 - Chase Commission investigating police corruption.
00:57:44 They don't care about you.
01:03:38 You ever heard of a guy named Marcel Sardino? Very big, like international.
01:09:17 - Christ. - You all right?
01:15:17 - Don't touch a thing. - Oh, Christ.
01:20:45 ...Gino heard that stuff and he never believed it...
01:29:04 Roll back to this prison at 6. That's the way it'll be.
01:35:40 I'm going outside for some air. It smells in here.
01:43:01 Well, George is interested in the King's deposition.
01:51:04 You did it again. You got out of it, didn't you?
01:57:26 I don't give a shit that he's working for you guys now.
02:03:41 That guinea prosecutor ain't getting yes, no or maybe out of me.
02:10:38 My unit.
02:17:46 Vincente's a human being.
02:26:25 - Wanna call my sister? - No, I'm okay.
02:31:36 Unless you gentlemen want to call in the National Guard...
75:00:00 or he's gonna roll Tiny up.
Cast & Characters
Treat Williams
Detective Daniel Ciello
Jerry Orbach
Detective Gus Levy
Richard Foronjy
Detective Joe Marinaro
Don Billett
Detective Bill Mayo
Kenny Marino
Dom Bando
Carmine Caridi
Detective Gino Mascone
Tony Page
Detective Raf Alvarez
Norman Parker
Assistant U.S. Atty. Rick Cappalino
Paul Roebling
Assistant U.S. Atty. Brooks Paige
Bob Balaban
Santimassino
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed2,302
Dialogue density13.8 lines / min
First line00:00:27
Final line75:00:00
Production Record
DirectorSidney Lumet
LanguageEnglish
Budget$8,600,000
Revenue$8,124,257
IMDb votes10,015