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Serpico

(1973)

Ah, those were the days: when an Al Pacino performance could be described as almost restrained when stacked up against the scenery chewing of costars like Tony Roberts and Cornelia Sharpe. Incidentally, has anyone ever pointed out that, like Superman, Serpico gets involved only w/ women whose name starts w/ L? In fact, one is even named Leslie Lane--coincidence?

Two nights in a row I've been pleasantly surprised to see M. Emmet Walsh show up in what I was watching, and sorry to find his role so small (in this case, one short scene).