---
title: 'Sergeant Madden (1939)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Josef von Sternberg'
released: '1939-03-24'
runtime_minutes: 80
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/sergeant-madden-1939'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031917/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Sergeant Madden (1939)

1939 · 80 min · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Josef von Sternberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-von-sternberg)
- **Screenplay:** [Wells Root](https://cinepixo.com/people/wells-root)
- **Original Music Composer:** [William Axt](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-axt)
- **Producer:** [J. Walter Ruben](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-walter-ruben)
- **Director of Photography:** [John F. Seitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-f-seitz)
- **Editor:** [Conrad A. Nervig](https://cinepixo.com/people/conrad-a-nervig)

## Cast

- [Marc Lawrence](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-lawrence)
- [Alan Curtis](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-curtis-2)
- [Reed Hadley](https://cinepixo.com/people/reed-hadley)
- [Horace McMahon](https://cinepixo.com/people/horace-mcmahon)
- [Laraine Day](https://cinepixo.com/people/laraine-day)
- [E. Alyn Warren](https://cinepixo.com/people/e-alyn-warren)
- [Tom Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-brown)
- [George Irving](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-irving)
- [Marion Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/marion-martin)
- [Jay Novello](https://cinepixo.com/people/jay-novello)
- [Barbara Bedford](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-bedford)
- [Dick Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-jones)
- [Donald Haines](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-haines)
- [Etta McDaniel](https://cinepixo.com/people/etta-mcdaniel)
- [Wallace Beery](https://cinepixo.com/people/wallace-beery)

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