Prince of the City is an American crime drama film about an NYPD officer who chooses to expose police corruption for idealistic reasons. The character of Daniel Ciello was based on real-life NYPD Narcotics Detective Robert Leuci and the script was based on Robert Daley's 1978 book of the same name. The film was directed by Sidney Lumet and also featured Jerry Orbach. Prince of the City was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, but lost to On Golden Pond. When producer and screenwriter Jay Presson Allen read Robert Daley's book, Prince of the City , she was convinced it... was an ideal Sidney Lumet project, but the film rights had already been sold to Orion Pictures for Brian De Palma and David Rabe. Allen let it be known that if that deal should fall through, then she wanted the picture for Sidney. Just as Lumet was about to sign for a different picture, they got the call that Prince of the City was theirs. Allen hadn't wanted to write Prince of the City, just produce it. She was put off by the book's non-linear story structure, but Lumet wouldn't make the picture without her, and agreed to write the outline for her.
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| Release date: | August 21, 1981 |
| Directed by: | Sidney Lumet |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 167 Minutes |
| Music by: | Paul Chihara |
| Cinematography: | Andrzej Bartkowiak |
| Screenplay by: | Sidney Lumet, Jay Presson Allen, Robert Daley |
| Estimated budget: | $8,600,000 |