Sergeant Madden (1939)
1h 20m
Running Time
March 24, 1939Release Date
Sergeant Madden (1939)
1h 20m
Running Time
March 24, 1939Release Date
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Plot.
A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.
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Cast & Crew.
Wallace Beery
Sgt. Shaun Madden
Tom Brown
Albert 'Al' Boylan, Jr.
Alan Curtis
Dennis Madden
Fay Holden
Mary Madden
Laraine Day
Eileen Daly
Josef von Sternberg
Director
Marc Lawrence
Piggy
William A. Ullman Jr.
Writer
Marion Martin
Charlotte LePage
Wells Root
Writer
David Gorcey
Punchy LePage
J. Walter Ruben
Producer
Ben Welden
Stemmy
Donald Haines
Milton
William Axt
Composer
Etta McDaniel
Dove
John F. Seitz
Cinematographer
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
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Sergeant Madden is a 1939 film noir forerunner directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Wallace Beery. The supporting cast in this dark police crime drama, noted for its imaginative and evocative cinematography, includes Tom Brown, Laraine Day, Alan Curtis, and Marc Lawrence.