“You know that I'm totally isolated in the department. I don't have a...” – Frank Serpico, Serpico ... Movie Quotes Database

Frank Serpico

You know that I'm totally isolated in the department. I don't have a friend.

Chief Sidney Green

Oh, don't give me that bullshit about friends. I've been putting cops away for thirty years. My name's an obscenity to every shithouse wall in every precinct in the city.

Frank Serpico

I've observed that, sir.

Chief Sidney Green

Friends! And I fought my way up as a Jew in the department in the days you were supposed to have an uncircumcised shamrock between your legs. I have this nightmare. I'm on 5th Avenue watching the St. Patrick's Day parade and I have a coronary and nine thousand cops march happily over my body.

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