Movie Cosmos - Prince of the City

Description:

New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice help eliminate corruption in the police department, as long as he will not have to turn in any close friends. In doing so, Ciello uncovers a conspiracy within the force to smuggle drugs to street informants.

Top Cast >

Treat Williams

As Daniel Ciello

Jerry Orbach

As Gus Levy

Richard Foronjy

As Joe Marinaro

Don Billett

As Bill Mayo

Kenny Marino

As Dom Bando

Carmine Caridi

As Gino Mascone

Tony Page

As Raf Alvarez

Norman Parker

As Rick Cappalino

Paul Roebling

As Brooks Paige

Bob Balaban

As Santimassino

James Tolkan

As George Polito

Steve Inwood

As Mario Vincente

Lindsay Crouse

As Carla Ciello

Matthew Laurance

As Ronnie Ciello

Tony Turco

As Socks Ciello

Ronald Maccone

As Nicholas 'Nick' Napoli

Robert Christian

As The King

Tony Munafo

As Rocky Gazzo

Tony DiBenedetto

As Carl Alagretti

Ron Karabatsos

As Dave DeBennedeto

Lee Richardson

As Sam Heinsdorff

Lane Smith

As Tug Barnes

Cosmo Allegretti

As Marcel Sardino

Bobby Alto

As Mr. Kanter

Michael Beckett

As Michael Blomberg

Burton Collins

As Monty

Carmine Foresta

As Ernie Fallacci

Conard Fowkes

As Elroy Pendleton

Peter Friedman

As Goldman

Peter Michael Goetz

As Charles Deluth

Lance Henriksen

As Burano

Eddie Jones

As Ned Chippy

Don Leslie

As Louis D'Amato

Harry Madsen

As Bubba Harris

E.D. Miller

As Sam Edelman

Cynthia Nixon

As Jeannie

Lionel Pina

As Frank Sancho

José Angel Santana

As José

Bruce Willis

As Extra (uncredited)

Dana Lorge

As Ann Mascone

Top Crew >

Sidney Lumet

Director, Screenplay

Paul Chihara

Original Music Composer

Andrzej Bartkowiak

Director of Photography

Burtt Harris

Producer

Jack Fitzstephens

Editor

Jay Presson Allen

Screenplay, Executive Producer

Joy Todd

Casting

Barbara De Fina

Unit Manager

Edward Pisoni

Art Direction

George DeTitta Sr.

Set Decoration

Anna Hill Johnstone

Costume Design

Robert Daley

Book

Raymond Hartwick

Production Manager, Associate Producer

Philip Leto

Hairstylist

Robert Jiras

Makeup Artist

Tony Walton

Production Design

Reviews:

GenerationofSwine (10/10)

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?"

2023-01-10