Prince of the City

New York City, 1971.

Gangsters, drug dealers and high-roller cops seem to run the metropolis.

Treat Williams (Once Upon a Time in America) portrays special investigator Danny Ciello, in this epic film from Sidney Lumet (Serpico, The Verdict) about a New York detective who turns state's evidence and is plunged into a nightmare of conflicting moral issues.

Awarded the 1981 N.Y. Film Critic's Award for Best Director, Oscar-nominated, and one of that year's ten-best films, Rex Reed calls this "a great film indeed that sends you out of the cinema wasted, charged, and demanding answers."

Jerry Orbach (Law & Order), Lindsay Crouse (Places in the Heart) and Bob Balaban (Absence of Malice) also star in this searing drama based on the true story of a brilliant young policeman caught between his conscience, the mob, his loyalty to his friends and the ambitious federal prosecutors out to expose corruption among New York's finest.