Serpico the Cop Faces TV Adaptation critics
Gary Deeb reviews NBCs Serpico noting the real officer’s integrity and perilous battle with corruption. The premiere reshapes his life into a TV drama with melodramatic violence and convenient informants, lacking the sharp realism of Serpico’s history.
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