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DVD Release Date
• R1: Mar 16, 1999
Running Time
1 hour, 41 minutes
Country USA
Studio Universal
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Other Titles
• Nur noch 72 Stunden (1968)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thieves, Police, Detectives, Serial Killer, Gangsters, Murder, Infidelity, Suspense
Tagline: ...the savage story of a city stripped naked!
Plot: Adapted from Richard Dougherty's THE COMMISSIONER, MADIGAN stars Richard Widmark as the eponymous New York detective in this warmup for Don Siegel's DIRTY HARRY. Joined by his partner Rocco Bonaro (Harry Guardino), Madigan raids the apartment of criminal Barney Benesch (Steve Ihnat), but when both cops are briefly frozen by the sight of the hood's naked girlfriend, Benesch has time to grab their guns and make his escape. Commissioner Anthony X. Russell calls the cops on the carpet when it's learned that Benesch was wanted for homicide.This is only one among many problems for Russell, who is being dumped by his mistress, Tricia Bentley (Susan Clark), subjected to claims of police brutality by minister Dr. Taylor (Raymond St. Jacques), and forced to confront the corruption of Chief Inspector Kane (James Whitmore). Learning that Madigan and Bonaro had been working outside their own precinct, Russell angrily orders the pair to find Benesch within the next 72 hours. Bookie Midget Castiglione (Michael Dunne) puts the detectives in touch with Hughie (Don Stroud), one of the hood's pimps, and he delivers the goods. This is an excellent, action-packed, near-documentary account of the quotidian details of big-city police work, boasting an extraordinary supporting cast.
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Don Siegel
Dirty Harry, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Escape from Alcatraz |
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 | Henry Fonda
12 Angry Men, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Longest Day |
 | James Whitmore
The Shawshank Redemption, Planet of the Apes, The Majestic |
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 | Inger Stevens
Hang 'Em High, 5 Card Stud, A Guide for the Married Man | | | |
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