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Sergeant Madden

1939, Movie, NR, 82 mins

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This long, drawn-out tale has just enough plot twists to make it interesting. Beery is the typical Irish policeman who is the pride of the force and plays strictly by the book. His boy, Curtis, also becomes a policeman, but is more interested in getting promoted than in being a good cop. His attitude turns off many of his fellow cops, and when he shoots a kid caught stealing, he's set up and sent to prison. Prison does not rehabilitate him, but rather makes him worse. He esc... read more leave a comment
A police officer's son joins the force but goes bad in Josef von Sternberg's Sergeant Madden (1939) starring Wallace Beery.
Free | TCM

Posted: 8/1/2008
Year: 1939
Rated NR

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Cast
Wallace Beery: Shaun Madden
Tom Brown: Al Boylan, Jr.
Alan Curtis: Dennis Madden
Laraine Day: Eileen Daly
Fay Holden: Mary Madden
Marc Lawrence: "Piggy" Ceders

 

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