Prince of the City [Special Edition] [2 Discs]

Rating	R
Format	DVD
Year Released	1981
Run Time	167 min
Stars	Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Richard Foronjy, Don Billett, James Tolkan, Kenny Marino
Director	Sidney Lumet
Color	Color
Editor	John J. Fitzstephens
Language	English/French
Subtitles	English/French/Espanol

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Inspired by a true story, Prince of the City stars Treat Williams as a Manhattan detective who agrees to help the US Department of Justice weed out corruption in the NYPD. Williams agrees on the assurance that he'll never have to turn in a close friend. Wired for sound, Williams almost immediately stumbles upon a police conspiracy to smuggle narcotics to street informants in order to insure cooperation. While this might be condonable in a stretch, the fact is that the many cops are using the drugs on their own, and are also highly susceptible to bribes. Williams gets the goods on the miscreants, but in so doing he breaks the "code" and becomes a pariah to his fellow officers. As we learn in the unsettling final scene, Williams will always be considered a "fink," even by honest cops. Prince of the City is too long for its own good, but its opening expository sequences and its final twenty minutes more than compensate for the duller stretches. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide