Prince of the City

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Prince of the City is a 1981 American crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet that explores police corruption and moral ambiguity within New York City's law enforcement.

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Prince of the City canonical 3
Prince of the City (book) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
crime drama film
film
award Venice Film Festival Golden Lion nomination
basedOn Prince of the City self-linksurface differs
surface form: Prince of the City (book)
cinematographyBy Andrzej Bartkowiak
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts New York City Police Department
director Sidney Lumet
distributor Orion Pictures
editedBy Jacknife Lee
filmFormat color
genre crime drama
crime film
drama film
hasFilmRating R
hasType feature film
mainSubject moral ambiguity
police corruption
medium theatrical film
musicBy Paul Chihara
narrativeFocus New York City law enforcement
narrativeStyle realist
originalLanguage English
portrays Internal Affairs investigations
Narcotics detectives
producer Burtt Harris
productionCompany Orion Pictures
releaseDate 1981-08-19
releaseYear 1981
runtimeMinutes 167
screenwriter Jay Presson Allen
Sidney Lumet
settingLocation New York City
starring Bob Balaban
Jerry Orbach
Kenny Marino
Lindsay Crouse
Treat Williams
theme ethics in law enforcement
loyalty and betrayal
systemic corruption
timePeriodOfSetting 1970s

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Sidney Lumet notableWork Prince of the City
Prince of the City basedOn Prince of the City self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Prince of the City (book)
Treat Williams notableWork Prince of the City
Treat Williams film Prince of the City