PRINCE OF THE CITY

by Sidney Lumet (USA, 1981, 2h47)

starring Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Richard Foronjy, Don Billett

1971. Daniel Ciello is among the elite of the police force. Head of a New York narcotics unit, he agrees to assist federal prosecutors in dismantling a powerful narcotics ring. But Ciello soon realises that he is a pawn in a scheme to take down his colleagues for corruption.  Will he end up spilling the beans?