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Treat Williams

Jerry Orbach

Richard Foronjy

Don Billett

Kenny Marino

Carmine Caridi

Tony Page

Norman Parker

Paul Roebling

Bob Balaban

James Tolkan

Steve Inwood

Lindsay Crouse

Matthew Laurance

Tony Turco

Ronald Maccone

Robert Christian

Tony Munafo

Tony DiBenedetto

Ron Karabatsos

Lee Richardson

Lane Smith

Cosmo Allegretti

Bobby Alto

Michael Beckett

Burton Collins

Carmine Foresta

Conard Fowkes

Peter Friedman

Peter Michael Goetz

Lance Henriksen

Eddie Jones

Don Leslie

Harry Madsen

E.D. Miller

Cynthia Nixon

Lionel Pina

José Angel Santana

Bruce Willis

Dana Lorge

Paul Chihara

Andrzej Bartkowiak

Burtt Harris

Jack Fitzstephens

Sidney Lumet

Jay Presson Allen

Joy Todd

Barbara De Fina

Edward Pisoni

George DeTitta Sr.

Anna Hill Johnstone

Robert Daley

Raymond Hartwick

Philip Leto

Robert Jiras

Tony Walton

It hurts to watch... literally. Every time i catch it it looks like I'm watching a copy of an old VHS tape. If anything was in need of remastering.... well, Prince of the City isn't going to be remastered because I don't even think it has a cult following.

And that is a crying shame, because it is a really good movie that you can currently only find bad copies of on Amazon.

The script is.... meh. It really is. You have seen the corrupt narcotics pitch many times before. That's not the draw. This was riding on Serpico's heels.

What is the draw is the directing. It is severely understated, severely actor focused, and entirely atmospheric. It is really minimalist directing done right and... it works.

The cast are a bunch of B-Listers at best, but they are B-listers that brought their A-Game and out classed most of the names you see on the marquees. So it's sort of like watching the underdogs win. They really nailed it, and their performances meshed perfectly with the direction.

It's not going to stand out for reasons of a rehashed plot... but it's going to have an effect on you. You will walk away thinking, "that was done well. They gave great performances, why haven't I heard of this?"

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