With all the revelations about police corruption in the Met. I couldn't help but think back to one of Al Pacino's great early 70s movies, 'Serpico', sandwiched between the two parts of 'The Godfather' (alright, first two parts, I suppose I have to acknowledge the existence of part three, if only for Andy Garcia's riff on Bobby de Niro *taps side of head with side of index finger*).
One of Al Pacino's greatest performances, he plays Frank Serpico in Sidney Lumet's movie, based on the true story of a police officer who spoke out against corruption in the New York Police Department, earning the dislike of some of his fellow officers, who... Well, no, I won't say. Just check out the movie and watch it - it is one of the great early 70s cop movies with a similar almost documentary realism to William Friedkin's excellent 'The French Connection'.
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