--- title: 'Copkiller (1983)' type: 'film' director: 'Roberto Faenza' released: '1983-02-22' runtime_minutes: 107 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Thriller' countries: - 'Italy' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/copkiller-1983' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085366/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Copkiller (1983) 1983 · 107 min · Drama, Thriller · Italy ## Synopsis Copkiller (Italian: Copkiller (L'assassino dei poliziotti)), also released as Corrupt, Corrupt Lieutenant, and The Order of Death, is a 1983 Italian crime thriller film directed by Roberto Faenza and starring Harvey Keitel and John Lydon, the lead singer for the bands Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd. It is based on Hugh Fleetwood's 1977 novel The Order of Death, with a screenplay by Fleetwood, Faenza and Ennio De Concini. The music was composed by Ennio Morricone. The plot follows a psychological cat-and-mouse game between a corrupt police officer (Keitel) and a disturbed young man (Lydon) against the backdrop of murders committed by a serial killer who is targeting police officers. ## Credits - **Editor:** [Nino Baragli](https://cinepixo.com/people/nino-baragli) - **Director:** [Roberto Faenza](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberto-faenza) - **Screenplay:** [Roberto Faenza](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberto-faenza), [Ennio de Concini](https://cinepixo.com/people/ennio-de-concini) - **Original Music Composer:** [Ennio Morricone](https://cinepixo.com/people/ennio-morricone) - **Producer:** [Elda Ferri](https://cinepixo.com/people/elda-ferri) - **Director of Photography:** [Giuseppe Pinori](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuseppe-pinori) ## Cast - [Sylvia Sidney](https://cinepixo.com/people/sylvia-sidney) - [John Lydon](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-lydon) - [Carla Romanelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/carla-romanelli) - [Harvey Keitel](https://cinepixo.com/people/harvey-keitel) - [Nicole Garcia](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicole-garcia) - [Leonard Mann](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-mann) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/copkiller-1983 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1131221); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.