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Based on a tru story, Prince of the City stars Treat Williams as Danny Ciello, a conflicted New York cop who reluctantly decides to go undercover for the feds to ferret out police corruption. At first, he recklessly gets off on the danger, but as the feds tighten the screws, the guilt-wracked Ciello is forced to compromise his partners and friends, and his own checkered past inexorably catches up with him.

Sidney Lumet, who also directed Networkand Dog Day Afternoon, is esteemed as an actor's director. This film is prime evidence. The peerless ensemble, including Jerry Orbach, Bob Balaban, and a duty roster of great New York character actors, is flawless. If there was any justice in Hollywood, Prince of the City would have been Treat Williams's star-making breakthrough, his Serpico (which Lumet also directed). But this film couldn't get arrested at the box office and was criminally snubbed by the Academy. Du to its length and gritty, profane dialogu, it is severely compromised when broadcast on network TV. For fans of NYPD Blu, Law & Order and Homicide, here is a movie ripe for discovery on home video. --Donald Liebenson

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Prince of the City was pleasureful! You have to drop in this movie! A heavenly performance by Treat Williams & Jerry Orbach make Prince of the City a "want to be conscious of" movie!

The extraordinary cast includes Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Richard Foronjy, Don Billett, Kenny Marino. This cast just make Prince of the City the more confounding!