Sergeant Madden
The Father A Cop . . . The Son A Killer
1939 | 80m | English
Popularity: 1.0 (history)
| Director: | Josef von Sternberg |
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| Writer: | Wells Root, William A. Ullman Jr. |
| Staring: |
| A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 24, 1939 |
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| Director: | Josef von Sternberg |
| Writer: | Wells Root, William A. Ullman Jr. |
| Genres: | Drama, Crime |
| Keywords | adoption, gangster, police operation, thief, fugitive, bad cop, framed for a crime |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: May 08, 2024 Entered: Apr 24, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Wallace Beery | Sgt. Shaun Madden |
| Alan Curtis | Dennis Madden |
| Tom Brown | Albert Boylan Jr. |
| Fay Holden | Mary Madden |
| Laraine Day | Eileen Daly |
| Marc Lawrence | Piggy |
| Marion Martin | Charlotte LePage |
| David Gorcey | Punchy LePage |
| Ben Welden | Stemmy |
| Donald Haines | Milton |
| Etta McDaniel | Dove |
| John Kelly | Nero |
| Bess Flowers | Nurse |
| Nell Craig | Nurse |
| Horace McMahon | Philadelphia |
| George Irving | Police Commissioner |
| Charles Trowbridge | Commissioner in 1919 |
| Mary Field | Mrs. Daly |
| Jack Pennick | Prisoner |
| Neil Fitzgerald | Casey (police broadcaster) |
| Dickie Jones | Dennis Madden, as a boy |
| Drew Roddy | Albert Boylan Jr., as a boy |
| Ernie Alexander | Reporter at Hospital |
| Lynn Bailey | Model |
| Barbara Bedford | Nurse |
| Arthur Belasco | Detective |
| James Blaine | Detective |
| Wade Boteler | Police Lt. Niles |
| Janice Chambers | Girl Playing Hopscotch |
| Davison Clark | Police Sergeant |
| Chick Collins | Rackteer #1 |
| Heinie Conklin | Drunk |
| Nick Copeland | Hospital Visitor |
| Richard Cramer | Detective |
| Kernan Cripps | Detective on Train |
| Esther Dale | Mrs. McGillivray |
| Jack Daley | Drugstore Customer |
| John Webb Dillion | Court Attendant |
| Claire Du Brey | Nurse |
| Ralph Dunn | Policeman in 1919 |
| Estelle Etterre | Nurse |
| Al Ferguson | Plainclothesman on Train |
| James Flavin | Police Interrogator |
| Jennifer Gray | Nurse |
| Reed Hadley | Lawyer |
| Eddie Hall | Dock Policeman |
| Sherry Hall | Waiter |
| Edward Hearn | Guard in Jail |
| Fay Helm | Nurse |
| Al Hill | Prisoner on Train |
| Arthur Hoyt | Police Prompter |
| Milton Kibbee | Train Conductor |
| William Lally | Older Policeman |
| Mitchell Lewis | Officer Minetti |
| Mary MacLaren | Hospital Visitor |
| George Magrill | Policeman |
| Larry McGrath | Guard in Court |
| Tom McGuire | Policeman in 1919 |
| Paul McVey | Assistant Commissioner |
| Buddy Messinger | Hospital Clerk |
| Ivan Miller | Det. Frawley |
| Harold Minjir | Couturier |
| Clayton Moore | Intern |
| Roger Moore | Fingerprint Instructor |
| Frances Morris | Nurse |
| Edmund Mortimer | Doctor in Hospital |
| Jay Novello | Prisoner on Train |
| Frank O'Connor | Policeman at Graduation |
| Robert Emmett O'Connor | Capt. Crane |
| Pat O'Malley | Police Sergeant |
| Lee Phelps | Policeman |
| Alonzo Price | Drugstore Clerk |
| Dick Rich | Prisoner |
| Claire Rochelle | Phone Operator |
| Gertrude Simpson | Matron at Police Station |
| Pietro Sosso | Jury Foreman |
| Harry Strang | Police Interrogator |
| Charles Sullivan | Prisoner |
| Ben Taggart | Detective |
| David Thursby | Prisoner |
| Dale Van Sickel | Pete - Rookie Policeman |
| Monte Vandergrift | Policeman |
| Michael Visaroff | Vidal |
| Fred Walburn | Dion McGillivray |
| E. Alyn Warren | Judge |
| Jack Woody | Racketeer #2 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Josef von Sternberg | Director |
| Wells Root | Screenplay |
| William A. Ullman Jr. | Author |
| William Axt | Original Music Composer |
| John F. Seitz | Director of Photography |
| Conrad A. Nervig | Editor |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Name | Title |
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| J. Walter Ruben | Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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