Live Poll: The Big Repentance: Corrupt Cops

@mariojacobs 

Thank you, Mario. Super picks. I can write a text for Duffy's stop and for the brave Serpico.

Could you write me a text for the option about Dudley Smith? I saw it long ago and don't remember proper.

@Breumaster

He is a corrupt police captain serving in the L.A.P.D. who, along with his unit of corrupt cops, are responsible for arresting Mickey Cohen and subsequently taking over his heroin empire. Consequently, Dudley Smith seeks to establish himself as the most powerful figure of both organized crime and law enforcement in Los Angeles by eliminating anyone who gets in his way.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646/characters/nm0001330?ref_=tt_cl_c_7

@mariojacobs 

Thank you. The drama of Captain Cluskey and Michael Corleone is perfect. But abut Dudley Smith: You didn't tell how he ended and who stopped him and how or why. Please tell, I still don't remember. That's the flaw when someone watches a few hundred movies each year. Some vanish from mind, when there are - maybe not better, but - more fitting other movies. Sometimes it's a matter of taste what stucks in mind, while other movies might even have been better all-in-all. ;)

Please tell further about Dudley Smith and his end.

@Breumaster

I do not remember the details either, perhaps wikipedia can help

Vincennes later confronts Smith with evidence that Meeks and Stensland worked together under Smith's command a decade earlier, and dropped an investigation on Patchett, who had Hudgens photographing businessmen with prostitutes in a blackmail scam. Smith shoots Vincennes, who dies after murmuring "Rollo Tomasi".

The next day, Exley's suspicions are aroused when Smith asks him who "Rollo Tomasi" is. While interrogating Hudgens, Smith arranges for White to see photos of Lynn having sex with Exley, which sends an enraged White to find him. At the police station, White and Exley fight, but stop when both realize that Smith is corrupt. They deduce that Stensland killed Meeks over the stolen heroin, and that the Nite Owl killings were to allow Smith to kill Stensland. Smith's men framed the three African-Americans for the Nite Owl murders with planted evidence. Exley and White interrogate Loew and learn that Smith and Patchett (aided by Hudgens' blackmail photos) have been taking over Cohen's criminal empire, and that the killings were because of Smith tying up loose ends. They later find Patchett and Hudgens murdered.

Smith lures Exley and White into an ambush. After the pair kill Smith's hitmen in a gunfight, White and Smith wound each other. As Exley holds Smith at gunpoint, Smith assures him that he can "explain" everything to the arriving police and Exley will be promoted. Smith walks away toward the newly gathered squad cars, but Exley shoots him in the back, killing him.

At the police station, Exley explains what he, Vincennes and White learned about Smith's corruption. The LAPD decides to protect their image by saying Smith died a hero in the shootout, while awarding Exley a second medal for bravery. 

Thank you for explaining. It would be a little more easy for me, if there was a text in the suggestion that tells how the corrupt cop was stopped. Thank you anyway. :)

@Peter_pbn 

I've put him on the list. Thank you for suggesting.

@ACT_1 

Yep! Thank you, I've put the three guys on the list.

@Breumaster 

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Exit Wounds (2001)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242445/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242445/reference

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242445/ratings

34,526 IMDb users have given a weighted average vote of 5.6 / 10
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242445/reviews - 245 Reviews

Orin Boyd, a tough cop in an inner-city precinct
discovers a web of dirty cops and corruption.

Orin Boyd (Seagal) is a Detroit cop who doesn't follow rules.
After he saved the Vice President by violating every order he received 
he is transferred to one of the worst precincts in the city. 
There he quickly encounters some corrupt cops selling heroin to drug dealers. 
The problem is, 
it's very difficult to tell who is the bad guy and who you can trust.

Steven Seagal ... Orin Boyd

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242445/keywords

290 plot keywords
corrupt cop - 1,009 titles
police corruption - 301 titles

shot through a window 
shot to death
shot in the leg
shot in the shoulder
shot in the forehead
shot in the head
shot in the stomach
shot in the neck
shot in the knee
shot in the chest
shot in the back
shot in the arm

Trivia Body count: 38

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Tue Nov 23 2021

Poll: The Big Repentance: Corrupt Cops
https://www.imdb.com/poll/nbx9_nQXuZs/results

Results of 110 votes:
Top 5
 1. L.A. Confidential (1997)            26 
 2. The Godfather (1972)               22 
 3. Léon: The Professional (1994)  18 
 4. Serpico (1973)                          12 
 5. Training Day (2001)                 8 

@Jessica 

Thank you, Jessica. Corrected.

@dan_dassow 

Thank you. Done.

@Breumaster ,

Thank you for making the correction so quickly.

@dan_dassow 

If I catch the time when you just wrote it and I got the time for it, I will always do it immediately.

Thank you for pointing out the necessary correction.

@dan_dassow 

Oh, yeah! I forgot:

Idon't know how you say it in the U.S.

(in Germany it isn't celebrated so widely, but in rural areas there is an "Erntedankfest")

Let me try:

Happy Thanks Giving! :D

@Peter_pbn 

Thank you, Peter. Thank you, Buddies. :D