1973 National Board of Review – Best Actor Winner

Serpico
Al Pacino
An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.

The Iceman Cometh
Robert Ryan
A salesman with a sudden passion for reform has an idea to sell to his barfly buddies: throw away your pipe dreams. The drunkards, living in a flophouse above a saloon, resent the idea.